黑人男性在医生助理和助理培训中的代表性不足
Lucy W Kibe1, Katrina M Schrode2, Samuel Paik1
1Physician Assistant Program, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California.
JAMA network open
|October 28, 2024
概括
黑人男性在医生助理 (PA) 计划中仍然不足,尽管计划增长,但申请人和入学人数停滞不前. 黑人男性入学率较低表明存在系统性障碍,需要针对劳动力平等采取有针对性的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 健康劳动力研究 卫生劳动力研究
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
背景情况:
- 黑人男性在医疗保健专业,特别是医生助理 (PA) 中的代表性不足,限制了劳动力的多样性,并未解决医疗保健专业人员短缺问题.
- 增加黑人男性在PA培训管道中的参与,可以提高教育,患者护理和健康结果.
研究的目的:
- 分析2013年至2021年美国PA课程中黑人男性申请和入学的趋势.
- 为了将这些趋势与特定年龄的美国黑人男性人口进行比较.
主要方法:
- 一项队列研究,利用来自医生助理中央申请服务 (CASPA) 和美国人口普查数据的非身份化数据.
- 分析包括2012-2013年至2020-2021年申请周期的黑人男性申请人和入学生.
主要成果:
- 尽管PA课程增长了64.3%,但在申请者 (2.2%) 和入学者 (1.2%) 中,黑人男性的代表性在2013-2021年期间仍然停滞不前.
- 与美国20-29岁人口中的8.7%比例相比,黑人男性的代表性明显不足.
- 2021年,黑人男性的入学率 (21.3%) 低于申请人的整体入学率 (36.8%).
结论:
- 黑人男性在PA课程中的代表性严重不足,原因是申请人数较少和入学成功率降低.
- 持续的代表性不足表明存在系统性障碍,需要有针对性的干预措施来创造一个更公平的医疗保健劳动力.
- 实现平等需要PA计划评估大约9名黑人男性申请人,并每年注册3名.
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