The Right Thing to Do, The Smart Thing to Do:

Enhancing Diversity in Health Professions -- Summary of the Symposium on Diversity in Health Professions in Honor of Herbert W. Nickens, M.D.

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Size: 376 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2001

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Brian D. Smedley and Adrienne Y. Stith, Institute of Medicine; Lois Colburn, Association of American Medical Colleges; Clyde H. Evans, Association of Academic Health Centers
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Front Matter	i-x
The Right Thing to Do, The Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in the Health Professions	1-35	(skim)
The Role of Diversity in the Training of Health Professionals	36-56	(skim)
Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Physicians: An Intervention to Address Health Disparities?	57-90	(skim)
Current Legal Status of Affirmative Action Programs in Higher Education	91-116	(skim)
College Admissions Policies and the Educational Pipeline: Implications for Medical and Health Professions	117-142	(skim)
Toward Diverse Student Representation and Higher Achievement in Higher Levels of the American Educational Meritocracy	143-184	(skim)
Trends in Underrepresented Minority Participation in Health Professions Schools	185-207	(skim)
Inequality in Teaching and Schooling: How Opportunity Is Rationed to Students of Color in America	208-233	(skim)
Lost Opportunities: The Difficult Journey to Higher Education for Underrepresented Minority Students	234-259	(skim)
Systemic Reform and Minority Student High Achievement	260-280	(skim)
Sustaining Minorities in Prehealth Advising Programs: Challenges and Strategies for Success	281-304	(skim)
Rethinking the Admissions Process: Evaluation Techniques That Promote Inclusiveness in Admissions Decisions	305-327	(skim)
How Do We Retain Minority Health Professions Students?	328-360	(skim)
Addendum	361-366	(skim)

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The Symposium on Diversity in the Health Professions in Honor of Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., was convened in March 2001 to provide a forum for health policymakers, health professions educators, education policymakers, researchers, and others to address three significant and contradictory challenges: the continued under-representation of African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans in health professions; the growth of these populations in the United States and subsequent pressure to address their health care needs; and the recent policy, legislative, and legal challenges to affirmative action that may limit access for underrepresented minority students to health professions training. The symposium summary along with a collection of papers presented are to help stimulate further discussion and action toward addressing these challenges. The Right Thing to Do, The Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in Health Professions illustrates how the health care industry and health care professions are fighting to retain the public s confidence so that the U.S. health care system can continue to be the world s best.

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