迷你医疗学校:为医学中代表性不足的青年提供知识和资源
Kimberly M Papp1, Amanda R Krysler1, Sicheng Lee1
1Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Family medicine
|October 9, 2024
概括
迷你医疗学校 (MMSs) 显著增加了在医学 (URiM) 中代表性不足的年轻人关于医疗职业的知识. 这些项目提供信息和灵感,有助于医生劳动力的多样化.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 卫生专业 多样性 医疗专业 多样性
- 青少年外展计划 青少年外展计划
背景情况:
- 北美地区的医生人口统计缺乏多样性,系统性障碍影响医学代表不足 (URiM) 群体.
- 医学毕业生URiM经常选择通用专业,影响初级保健.
- 迷你医疗学校 (MMSs) 旨在激励URiM年轻人从事医疗事业,但其信息影响被研究不足.
研究的目的:
- 评估MMS为年轻人提供有关医疗职业生涯的有价值信息的程度.
- 在参加MMS之前和之后评估年轻人关于医学作为职业知识的变化.
主要方法:
- 在加拿大一所大学举办的为期一周的"阿斯克莱皮乌斯青年医疗营" (Asclepius Medical Camp for Youth),利用了这一机会.
- 调查和测验测量了50名高中参与者的关于追求医学职业的知识.
- 数据是在2022年营前和营后收集的.
主要成果:
- 自我报告的知识分数从营前的5.87/10显著增加到营后的8.28/10.
- 客观测试成绩也显示出了显著的改善,从7.12/10的预营到9.31/10的后营.
- 两项测量都表明,知识在统计学上显著增加 (P<.05).
结论:
- MMS有效地提高了年轻人关于医疗职业的知识,补充了激励目标.
- 通过MMS告知和激励URiM年轻人,可以有助于多元化未来的医生劳动力.
- 这些计划代表了早期干预医疗职业道路的有希望的战略.
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