Freeman J, Loewe R, Benson J
Department of Family Practice, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, USA.
Fam Med. 1998 Mar;30(3):168-72.
Because minority physicians are more likely to practice in minority or medically underserved communities, meeting the health care needs of underserved populations requires that programs not only train such physicians but train minority faculty to act as teachers and role models. The Faculty Development Center in Family Medicine at Cook County Hospital has had more than 120 graduates, most of whom are teaching and practicing in underserved settings. Nearly half have been minorities, the result of the priority given to recruitment of minority fellows. The curriculum is specifically geared to prepare faculty to work in underserved settings and nurture future physicians for these settings. Workforce diversity can be achieved only by major changes in the institutional culture of medical education, which federal policy can encourage by setting high standards for grant funding preferences and supporting centers of excellence for training minority physicians and faculty.
由于少数族裔医生更有可能在少数族裔社区或医疗服务不足的社区执业，因此要满足医疗服务不足人群的医疗保健需求，相关项目不仅要培养这类医生，还要培养少数族裔教员，让他们担任教师和榜样。库克县医院家庭医学教员发展中心已有120多名毕业生，其中大多数人在医疗服务不足的地区教学和执业。近一半是少数族裔，这是优先招募少数族裔研究员的结果。该课程专门为让教员做好在医疗服务不足地区工作的准备，并为这些地区培养未来的医生而设计。只有通过医学教育机构文化的重大变革才能实现劳动力多元化，联邦政策可以通过为拨款资金偏好设定高标准，并支持培养少数族裔医生和教员的卓越中心来鼓励这种变革。
