Addressing the gate blocking of minority faculty.
Faculty
Gate blocking
Physician
URM
URMM
Journal
Journal of the National Medical Association
ISSN: 1943-4693
Titre abrégé: J Natl Med Assoc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7503090
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
02
01
2021
revised:
17
03
2021
accepted:
05
04
2021
pubmed:
17
5
2021
medline:
25
11
2021
entrez:
16
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There have been ongoing efforts to increase the presence of underrepresented minorities in medicine (URMM), including faculty development initiatives, mentoring programs and outreach efforts. However, URMM faculty face unique challenges that are crucial for academic institutions and leaders to recognize in order to improve retention of this group and allow for meaningful advancement in the field. This paper introduces the concept of gate blocking, defined as what happens to minority faculty as a result of the consequences of the minority tax and systems designed to advantage some and disadvantage others. In addition to defining gate blocking, the authors make recommendations to address this concern in academic medicine and promote the advancement and retention of URMM faculty.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33992432
pii: S0027-9684(21)00070-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2021.04.002
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
517-521Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.