In 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, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smedley, Brian D.

Butler, Adrienne Stith.

Bristow, Lonnie R.

Institute 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.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in medical education--United States--Prevention.

Discrimination in medical education.

Medical colleges--United States--Admission.

Medical colleges.

Minorities in medicine--United States.

Minorities in medicine.

Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.

Minorities.

Medical personnel--Recruiting--United States.

Medical personnel.

Affirmative action programs--United States.

Affirmative action programs.

Physical Description:

xviii, 409 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610176540

9780309166614

0309166616

9781280176548

1280176547

9780309530583

030953058X

OCLC:

923266610