| Diversity in academic medicine no. 1 case for minority faculty development today. | |
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PMID: 19021210 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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For the past 20 years, the percentage of the American population consisting of nonwhite minorities has been steadily increasing. By 2050, these nonwhite minorities, taken together, are expected to become the majority. Meanwhile, despite almost 50 years of efforts to increase the representation of minorities in the healthcare professions, such representation remains grossly deficient. Among the underrepresented minorities are African and Hispanic Americans; Native Americans, Alaskans, and Pacific Islanders (including Hawaiians); and certain Asians (including Hmong, Vietnamese, and Cambodians). The underrepresentation of underrepresented minorities in the healthcare professions has a profoundly negative effect on public health, including serious racial and ethnic health disparities. These can be reduced only by increased recruitment and development of both underrepresented minority medical students and underrepresented minority medical school administrators and faculty. Underrepresented minority faculty development is deterred by barriers resulting from years of systematic segregation, discrimination, tradition, culture, and elitism in academic medicine. If these barriers can be overcome, the rewards will be great: improvements in public health, an expansion of the contemporary medical research agenda, and improvements in the teaching of both underrepresented minority and non-underrepresented minority students. |
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Authors:
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Marc A Nivet; Vera S Taylor; Gary C Butts; A Hal Strelnick; Janice Herbert-Carter; Yvonne W Fry-Johnson; Quentin T Smith; George Rust; Kofi Kondwani |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York Volume: 75 ISSN: 1931-7581 ISO Abbreviation: Mt. Sinai J. Med. Publication Date: 2008 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-11-26 Completed Date: 2009-07-15 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0241032 Medline TA: Mt Sinai J Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 491-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Josiah Macy Jr Foundation, New York, NY, USA. mnivet@macyfoundation.org |
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Career Mobility Cultural Diversity* Education, Medical / organization & administration*, statistics & numerical data Faculty, Medical / organization & administration*, statistics & numerical data Humans Mentors Minority Groups* / statistics & numerical data Prejudice Schools, Medical / organization & administration* Social Isolation United States |
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