建立以公平为中心的生态系统:犹他大学健康作为一个微观世界
Quang-Tuyen Nguyen1, Victoria Cabal2, Michelle Debbink3
1Department of Pediatrics, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
|April 4, 2024
概括
学术医学中的多样性仍然很低,特别是在医学 (URiM) 代表人数不足的群体中. 家庭医学显示出更多的进展,但需要进行系统性变革,才能在医疗领导中实现真正的公平,多样性和包容性 (EDI).
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
- 多样性和包容性的多样性和包容性
背景情况:
- 与患者群体相比,学术医学和一般医学领域的多样性较低.
- 系统的边缘化导致黑人或非裔美国人,西班牙裔或西班牙裔 (LHS),美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加土著人,夏威夷原住民/太平洋岛民和东南亚人在卫生科学中的代表性显著不足.
- 尽管30年来教师多样性略有增加 (7%至9%),但全方位学术医学,骨科医学,牙科和药房仍落后于年龄调整后的人口平均值.
研究的目的:
- 突出学术医学中持续存在的多样性差距.
- 强调需要超越传统途径计划的综合战略.
- 概述一个生态系统方法,以改善公平,多样性和包容性 (EDI) 结果以及医学 (URiM) 专业人员代表不足的领导机会.
主要方法:
- 分析学术医学领导和专业代表的当前多样性统计数据.
- 审查历史和正在进行的多样性倡议,包括途径计划.
- 在医学教育中开发一个全面的EDI生态系统的概念框架.
主要成果:
- 家庭医学在领导和专业方面表现出最高的多样性,其中16.7%的椅子认为在医学 (URiM) 中代表性不足.
- 在过去的三十年中,来自URiM组的全体教师多样性略有增加,从7%增加到9%,但仍然不足.
- 目前的多样性努力,主要是途径计划,被认为是起点,但不足以实现实质性的,持久的变化.
结论:
- 在学术医学中实现有意义的多样性,公平性和包容性 (DEI) 需要多方面的生态系统方法.
- 持续的努力至关重要,以解决系统性障碍,并促进医疗 (URiM) 专业人员的职业进步,以担任领导角色.
- 超越传统的多样性计划对于培养URiM卫生专业人员之间真正的自我实现和领导力至关重要.
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