招募美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民学生就读医学院：美国西南部的多机构联盟。

Recruiting American Indian/Alaska Native Students to Medical School: A Multi-Institutional Alliance in the U.S. Southwest.

机构信息

M.P. Ballejos is assistant professor in family and community medicine and assistant dean for admissions, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico. P. Olsen is executive director, Association of American Indian Physicians, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. T. Price-Johnson is research assistant professor in family and community medicine and executive director of admissions, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona. C. Garcia is academic advisement specialist, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico. T. Parker is associate professor of family and community medicine and associate vice chancellor for American Indian health research and education, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. R.E. Sapién is distinguished professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics and associate dean for admissions, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico. V. Romero-Leggott is professor of family and community medicine and vice chancellor for diversity, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

出版信息

Acad Med. 2018 Jan;93(1):71-75. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001952.

DOI:10.1097/ACM.0000000000001952

PMID:29045274

Abstract

PROBLEM

Despite national efforts to diversify the physician workforce, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals have the least representation of all major racial and ethnic groups. Limited resources at state medical schools present institution-level recruitment challenges. Unified efforts to engage AI/AN students in premedical education activities are needed.

APPROACH

The medical schools at the Universities of Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson), Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah identified a collective need to increase student diversity, particularly with regard to AI/AN students. The schools partnered with the Association of American Indian Physicians to support AI/AN students applying to medical school and to grow the overall AI/AN applicant pool. Each year from 2011 to 2016, these institutions hosted a two-day preadmissions workshop (PAW) to prepare participants for applying to medical school.

OUTCOMES

From 2011 to 2016, 130 AI/AN students participated in the PAWs. Of these, 113 were first-time attendees, 15 participated on two separate occasions, and 1 participated on three separate occasions. Nineteen (21%) of the 90 first-time participants from 2011 to 2015 matriculated to a U.S. medical school in the past five years. Twenty-two of 23 participants (96% response rate) in 2016 responded to the postworkshop survey. Results indicated that interview preparation, individual consultation, and writing preparation ranked as the three most beneficial sessions/activities.

NEXT STEPS

Standardized evaluation of future PAWs will identify best practices for recruiting AI/AN students to medical school, and future initiatives will include more robust measures of success.

摘要

问题

尽管国家努力使医生队伍多样化，但印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）在所有主要种族和族裔群体中代表性最小。州立医学院资源有限，这给机构层面的招聘工作带来了挑战。需要统一努力，让 AI/AN 学生参与医学预科教育活动。

方法

亚利桑那大学（凤凰城和图森分校）、科罗拉多大学、新墨西哥大学和犹他大学的医学院认识到，需要增加学生的多样性，特别是要增加 AI/AN 学生的数量。这些学校与美国印第安医师协会合作，支持 AI/AN 学生申请医学院，并扩大整体 AI/AN 申请人库。从 2011 年到 2016 年，这些机构每年举办为期两天的预录取前研讨会（PAW），为参与者申请医学院做准备。

结果

从 2011 年到 2016 年，共有 130 名 AI/AN 学生参加了 PAW。其中，113 名是首次参加者，15 名参加过两次，1 名参加过三次。2011 年至 2015 年期间，90 名首次参加者中有 19 人（21%）在过去五年中被美国医学院录取。2016 年，23 名参与者中有 22 名（96%的回复率）回复了研讨会后的调查问卷。结果表明，面试准备、个人咨询和写作准备被评为最有益的三个环节/活动。