Outcomes of an Intervention to Increase Physicians Underrepresented in Medicine in Occupational Medicine Training.
Journal
Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
ISSN: 1550-5022
Titre abrégé: J Public Health Manag Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9505213
Informations de publication
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Historique:
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3
2021
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2021
medline:
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11
2021
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Résumé
Diversity in the US physician workforce is important. Physicians Underrepresented in Medicine (UIM) are more likely to serve poor, uninsured, and vulnerable populations. To increase the number of UIM physicians in Occupational Medicine. An Inclusion and Diversity Committee, consisting of the program director, trainees, and graduates, was created with the goal of recruiting and developing UIM residents and increasing Occupational and Environmental Medicine awareness. Outreach to UIM residents and medical students at local, regional, and national meetings, creation and distribution of descriptive brochures, and supervised 1-day observerships were some of the interventions. Only 4 Underrepresented Minorities physicians out of 65 (6%) graduated during the first decade of the program 1997-2007; this increased to (16/70) 23% during the following decade subsequent to establishing the Inclusion and Diversity Committee. A multifaceted strategic approach can help increase UIM physician participation in graduate training programs, helping address health equity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33785696
doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001323
pii: 00124784-202105001-00017
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Pagination
S196-S199Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors do not have any potential conflicts of interest to declare.
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