遗传咨询劳动力多样性,包容性和能力在澳大利亚和新西兰
Anaita Kanga-Parabia1,2, Lucas Mitchell3,4, Renee Smyth5
1Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Genetics in medicine open
|December 23, 2024
概括
澳大利亚遗传咨询师工作人员在多样性和包容性方面存在差距. 建议包括促进少数民族代表和专业发展,以提高能力和服务.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 医疗保健劳动力研究 劳动力研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 遗传咨询 (GC) 是一个不断发展的领域,需要多元化和包容性的劳动力.
- 了解澳大利亚GC工作人员当前的多样性,包容性和能力状况对于未来的规划和发展至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估澳大利亚遗传咨询师 (GC) 的多样性,包容性和能力.
- 确定在劳动力代表和专业发展方面需要改进的领域.
主要方法:
- 在2022年11月至2023年3月期间,向澳大利亚拥有或正在追求GC资格的个人分发了一项在线调查.
- 使用描述性统计和各种z测试和千平方测试来分析定量数据.
- 用诱导性内容分析分析了定性数据.
主要成果:
- 252名参与者做出了回应,揭示了澳大利亚在性别,关系状况,照顾者状况,位置,种族和宗教方面的代表性不足.
- 大多数受访者认为劳动力在性别,性取向,种族或残疾方面并不具有代表性.
- 建议的劳动力需求包括促进少数群体的教育,增加可见的多样性,确保可访问的客户服务,并加强GC的专业发展.
- 据估计,在澳大利亚,有346名全职同等职位的临床医生在临床实践中工作.
结论:
- 这项研究是确定澳大利亚GC劳动力中多样性,包容性和能力所需的变革的基本步骤.
- 调查结果和调查方法可以为国际努力提供信息,以应对遗传咨询中类似的劳动力挑战.
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