Neville Patricia
Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS1 2LY, UK.
Br Dent J. 2022 Feb 10. doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-3930-6.
Introduction There are growing calls for dentistry to debate, critique and analyse the role and place of racism in the profession. This article supports this debate and considers whether people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds experience barriers to progressing in the profession.Aims To create a BAME 'pipeline' model illustrating how ethnicity shapes the composition of the dental profession in the UK.Material and methods Publicly available datasets from UK higher education agencies and professional dental associations were identified, examined and collated to create a BAME pipeline model.Results Registrants from the BAME category do not share similar experiences within the dental profession compared to white registrants. The experiences of British Asian people appear to be more favourable, vis-à-vis access to dental schools and progression to the General Dental Council register, compared to Black British people and other UK minority ethnic groups. Black British registrants experience blockages at all stages of their career progression, most notably when accessing dental schools, with only 2% commencing dental studies. All BAME groups 'leak' out of the dental pipeline at clinical academia. There are insufficient data to ascertain whether there are additional 'leaks' at the career specialisation stage.Discussion and conclusion The UK BAME dental pipeline is a leaky one and is in need of urgent action and repair.
引言 越来越多的人呼吁牙科界对种族主义在该行业中的作用和地位进行辩论、批判和分析。本文支持这一辩论，并探讨来自黑人、亚洲人和少数族裔（BAME）背景的人在该行业发展中是否面临障碍。
目的 创建一个BAME“人才输送管道”模型，以说明种族如何影响英国牙科行业的人员构成。
材料和方法 识别、审查并整理了来自英国高等教育机构和专业牙科协会的公开数据集，以创建一个BAME人才输送管道模型。
结果 与白人注册者相比，BAME类别的注册者在牙科行业内的经历并不相同。与英国黑人及其他英国少数族裔群体相比，英国亚裔在进入牙科学院和进入英国牙科总会注册方面的经历似乎更为有利。英国黑人注册者在其职业发展的各个阶段都遇到阻碍，最明显的是在进入牙科学院时，只有2%的人开始牙科学习。所有BAME群体在临床学术界都从牙科人才输送管道中“流失”。没有足够的数据来确定在职业专业化阶段是否存在其他“流失”情况。
讨论与结论 英国的BAME牙科人才输送管道漏洞百出，急需采取行动进行修复。
