In the Nation's Compelling Interest : Ensuring Diversity in the Health-Care Workforce.
Bristow, Lonnie R.
In the Nation's Compelling Interest : Ensuring Diversity in the Health-Care Workforce. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (429 pages)
FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reconceptualizing Admissions Policies and Practices -- 3 Costs and Financing of Health Professions Education -- 4 Accreditation and Diversity in Health Professions -- 5 Transforming the Institutional Climate to Enhance Diversity in Health Professions -- 6 Community Benefit as a Tool for Institutional Reform -- 7 Mechanisms to Garner Support for Institutional and Policy-Level Diversity Initiatives -- APPENDIXES -- A Data Sources and Methods -- B Committee and Staff Biographies -- Commissioned Papers -- Paper Contribution A: Increasing Diversity in the Health Professions: A Look at Best Practices in Admissions--Gabriel Garcia, Cathryn L. Nation, and Neil H. Parker -- Paper Contribution B: The Role of Public Financing in Improving Diversity in the Health Professions--Karen Matherlee -- Paper Contribution C: The Role of Accreditation in Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Health Professions--Norma E. Wagoner, Ph.D., Leon Johnson, D.Ed., M.B.A., and Harry S. Jonas, M.D. -- Paper Contribution D: Diversity Considerations in Health Professions Education--Jeffrey F. Milem, Eric L. Dey, and Casey B. White, -- Index.
9780309530583
Discrimination in medical education-United States-Prevention.
Medical colleges-United States-Admission.
Minorities in medicine-United States.
Minorities-Education (Higher)-United States.
Medical personnel-Recruiting-United States.
Affirmative action programs-United States.
Electronic books.
R745.I5 2004
610.71173
In the Nation's Compelling Interest : Ensuring Diversity in the Health-Care Workforce. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (429 pages)
FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reconceptualizing Admissions Policies and Practices -- 3 Costs and Financing of Health Professions Education -- 4 Accreditation and Diversity in Health Professions -- 5 Transforming the Institutional Climate to Enhance Diversity in Health Professions -- 6 Community Benefit as a Tool for Institutional Reform -- 7 Mechanisms to Garner Support for Institutional and Policy-Level Diversity Initiatives -- APPENDIXES -- A Data Sources and Methods -- B Committee and Staff Biographies -- Commissioned Papers -- Paper Contribution A: Increasing Diversity in the Health Professions: A Look at Best Practices in Admissions--Gabriel Garcia, Cathryn L. Nation, and Neil H. Parker -- Paper Contribution B: The Role of Public Financing in Improving Diversity in the Health Professions--Karen Matherlee -- Paper Contribution C: The Role of Accreditation in Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Health Professions--Norma E. Wagoner, Ph.D., Leon Johnson, D.Ed., M.B.A., and Harry S. Jonas, M.D. -- Paper Contribution D: Diversity Considerations in Health Professions Education--Jeffrey F. Milem, Eric L. Dey, and Casey B. White, -- Index.
9780309530583
Discrimination in medical education-United States-Prevention.
Medical colleges-United States-Admission.
Minorities in medicine-United States.
Minorities-Education (Higher)-United States.
Medical personnel-Recruiting-United States.
Affirmative action programs-United States.
Electronic books.
R745.I5 2004
610.71173