School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 1001 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2013 May;77(5):548-53.
Adequately providing for the health care of the growing minority population in the United States requires increased racial and ethnic diversity of the health care workforce. Long-term diversity in the dental profession depends on a more diverse student population in dental schools. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine's (UNLV SDM) Dental Prospects Club is a predental education program that has increased the number of underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students in the school by concentrating on outreach, recruitment, and retention initiatives. The approaches used by the club members and faculty advisors to increase the number of underrepresented minority students recruited to and enrolled in the UNLV SDM are discussed in this report. Also described are the strategies, methods, internal infrastructure, and organizational support used to increase the number of underrepresented minority students at the school.
充分满足美国不断增长的少数族裔人口的医疗保健需求，需要增加医疗保健劳动力的种族和民族多样性。牙科行业的长期多样性取决于牙科学院中有更多元化的学生群体。内华达大学拉斯维加斯牙医学院 (UNLV SDM) 的牙科前景俱乐部是一个预科教育项目，通过集中开展外展、招募和保留活动，增加了学校中代表性不足的少数族裔和贫困学生的数量。本报告讨论了俱乐部成员和教师顾问用来增加被招募到 UNLV SDM 并注册的代表性不足的少数族裔学生数量的方法。还介绍了为增加学校代表性不足的少数族裔学生数量而使用的策略、方法、内部基础设施和组织支持。
