05289nam 2200805Ia 450 991096269450332120251017110202.0978661017654097803091666140309166616978128017654812801765479780309530583030953058X(CKB)1000000000003954(SSID)ssj0000177927(PQKBManifestationID)11182259(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177927(PQKBWorkID)10221648(PQKB)11201880(Au-PeEL)EBL3376954(CaPaEBR)ebr10062830(CaONFJC)MIL17654(OCoLC)923266610(MiAaPQ)EBC3376954(Perlego)4733021(DNLM)1209812(BIP)10228841(EXLCZ)99100000000000395420040311d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIn the nation's compelling interest ensuring diversity in the health-care workforce /Committee on Institutional and Policy-Level Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of the U.S. Health Care Workforce, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Stith Butler, Lonnie R. Bristow, editors1st ed.Washington, DC National Academies Pressc2004xviii, 409 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780309091251 030909125X Includes bibliographical references and index.FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reconceptualizing Admissions Policies and Practices -- 3 Costs and Financing of Health Professions Education -- 4 Accreditation and Diversity in Health Professions -- 5 Transforming the Institutional Climate to Enhance Diversity in Health Professions -- 6 Community Benefit as a Tool for Institutional Reform -- 7 Mechanisms to Garner Support for Institutional and Policy-Level Diversity Initiatives -- APPENDIXES -- A Data Sources and Methods -- B Committee and Staff Biographies -- Commissioned Papers -- Paper Contribution A: Increasing Diversity in the Health Professions: A Look at Best Practices in Admissions--Gabriel Garcia, Cathryn L. Nation, and Neil H. Parker -- Paper Contribution B: The Role of Public Financing in Improving Diversity in the Health Professions--Karen Matherlee -- Paper Contribution C: The Role of Accreditation in Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Health Professions--Norma E. Wagoner, Ph.D., Leon Johnson, D.Ed., M.B.A., and Harry S. Jonas, M.D. -- Paper Contribution D: Diversity Considerations in Health Professions Education--Jeffrey F. Milem, Eric L. Dey, and Casey B. White, -- Index.The United States is rapidly transforming into one of the most racially and ethnically diverse nations in the world. Groups commonly referred to as minorities--including Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and Alaska Natives--are the fastest growing segments of the population and emerging as the nation's majority. Despite the rapid growth of racial and ethnic minority groups, their representation among the nation (TM)s health professionals has grown only modestly in the past 25 years. This alarming disparity has prompted the recent creation of initiatives to increase diversity in health professions. In the Nation's Compelling Interest considers the benefits of greater racial and ethnic diversity, and identifies institutional and policy-level mechanisms to garner broad support among health professions leaders, community members, and other key stakeholders to implement these strategies. Assessing the potential benefits of greater racial and ethnic diversity among health professionals will improve the access to and quality of healthcare for all Americans.Discrimination in medical educationUnited StatesPreventionMedical collegesUnited StatesAdmissionMinorities in medicineUnited StatesMinoritiesEducation (Higher)United StatesMedical personnelRecruitingUnited StatesAffirmative action programsUnited StatesDiscrimination in medical educationPrevention.Medical collegesAdmission.Minorities in medicineMinoritiesEducation (Higher)Medical personnelRecruitingAffirmative action programs610/.71/173Smedley Brian D1808601Butler Adrienne Stith1798751Bristow Lonnie R1811135Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Committee on Institutional and Policy-Level Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of the U.S. Health Care Workforce.Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Board on Health Sciences Policy.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962694503321In the nation's compelling interest4362809UNINA