Authors: Committee on Institutional and Policy-Level Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of the U.S. Healthcare Work, Adrienne Stith Butler, Brian D. Smedley, Lonnie R. Bristow (Editor), Adrienne Stith Butler
ISBN-13: 9780309091251, ISBN-10: 030909125X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: National Academies Press
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Completed by a committee established by the National Academies' Institute of Medicine to examine institutional and policy-level strategies for increasing the diversity of the U.S. health care workforce, this report assesses policy barriers to culturally competent caregivers and possible improvements. After reviewing the literature and conducting six workshops with interested parties, recommended: that medical educational institutions improve admissions policies by adopting clear mission statements valuing diversity; Congress increase funding for diversity programs; state and local identities increase loan forgiveness, tuition reimbursement, and similar programs designed to support diversity; the U.S. Department of Education should encourage accreditation bodies to be more aggressive in reformulating standards, and educational institution governing bodies develop institutional objectives consistent with community benefit principles that support the goal of increasing diversity. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1 | Introduction | 23 |
2 | Reconceptualizing admissions policies and practices | 55 |
3 | Costs and financing of health professions education | 88 |
4 | Accreditation and diversity in health professions | 127 |
5 | Transforming the institutional climate to enhance diversity in health professions | 143 |
6 | Community benefit as a tool for institutional reform | 178 |
7 | Mechanisms to garner support for institutional and policy-level diversity initiatives | 203 |
A | Increasing diversity in the health professions : a look at best practices in admissions | 233 |
B | The role of public financing in improving diversity in the health professions | 273 |
C | The role of accreditation in increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions | 317 |
D | Diversity considerations in health professions education | 345 |