Figueroa Caroline A, Rassam Fadi, Spong Karin S
Academisch Medisch Centrum, afd. Sociale Geneeskunde, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2013;157(16):A5790.
In April 2012, 20 medical students took part in a study tour to San Francisco, themed 'ethnic diversity in health care'. In this article we discuss four lessons learned from the perspective of these students. The delivery of culturally sensitive healthcare is becoming more important in the Netherlands as the ethnic minority population rate will continue to grow over the coming years. However, diversity education is not a structural component of medical curricula in the Netherlands to the same degree as in the USA where medical education pays a lot of attention to differences in health between ethnic minorities; and where there is also extensive research on this subject. We emphasize that diversity education should create awareness of differences in health outcomes between ethnic groups and awareness of one's own bias and stereotypical views. The implementation of diversity education is a challenge, which requires a change of image and the involvement of teachers from diverse medical disciplines.
2012年4月，20名医科学生参加了一次以“医疗保健中的种族多样性”为主题的旧金山考察之旅。在本文中，我们将从这些学生的角度探讨所学到的四点经验教训。随着少数民族人口比例在未来几年持续增长，提供具有文化敏感性的医疗保健在荷兰正变得越来越重要。然而，与美国不同，多样性教育在荷兰并非医学课程的结构性组成部分。在美国，医学教育非常关注少数民族之间的健康差异，并且对此也有广泛的研究。我们强调，多样性教育应培养对不同种族群体健康结果差异的认识，以及对自身偏见和刻板观点的认识。实施多样性教育是一项挑战，这需要改变观念，并让来自不同医学学科的教师参与进来。
