专业偏好和意图在高需要的背景下工作的毕业生性和性别少数群体医学学生
Thomas M Freitag1, Jeongyoung Park2, Alison Huffstetler3,4,5
1Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
Cureus
|March 11, 2026
概括
性少数群体 (SM) 和性别少数群体 (GM) 的医学学生更有可能从事初级保健工作,并与服务不足的人群合作. 与同龄人相比,他们对外科专业的兴趣较小.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 医学中的多样性 医学中的多样性
背景情况:
- 性少数群体 (SM) 和性别少数群体 (GM) 的学生面临着影响职业决策的独特挑战.
- 了解他们的专业选择是多元化的临床工作人员和解决LGBTQIA+健康差异的关键.
研究的目的:
- 分析美国SM和GM医学学生的专业选择.
- 为了比较他们打算在服务不足的环境中工作与异性恋和 cisgender 同龄人.
主要方法:
- 美国医学院协会2022-2024年毕业问卷 (GQ) 的二次分析.
- 包括50185名毕业的全方位医学学生,按性别认同和性取向分层.
- 使用描述性统计和千平方测试来比较专业偏好和服务不足的工作意图.
主要成果:
- 转基因和SM学生更有可能在服务不足的地区和服务不足的人群中工作 (p < 0.001).
- 转基因和SM学生对外科专业的兴趣较低 (p < 0.01对于转基因,p < 0.001对于SM).
- 家庭医学和精神病学是GM学生的首选;内部医学和精神病学是SM学生的首选.
结论:
- 转基因和SM学生倾向于被认为是包容性的专业,如家庭医学和精神病学.
- 这些学生更有可能为服务不足的社区提供服务,包括LGBTQIA+患者.
- 研究结果强调了GM和SM学生在解决关键医疗保健需求方面的潜在作用.
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