Minority Faculty Voices on Diversity in Academic Medicine: Perspectives From One School

作者：Megan Ruth Mahoney, Elisabeth Wilson, Kara L. Odom, Loma K. Flowers, Shelley R. Adler · 发表于：Academic Medicine · 年份：2008 · DOI：10.1097/acm.0b013e31817ec002 · 被引用次数：160 · 研究领域：Diversity and Career in Medicine、Mentoring and Academic Development、Sex and Gender in Healthcare

PURPOSE: To examine the perceptions and experiences of ethnic minority faculty at University of California-San Francisco regarding racial and ethnic diversity in academic medicine, in light of a constitutional measure outlawing race- and gender-based affirmative action programs by public universities in California. METHOD: In 2005, underrepresented minority faculty in the School of Medicine at University of California-San Francisco were individually interviewed to explore three topics: participants' experiences as minorities, perspectives on diversity and discrimination in academic medicine, and recommendations for improvement. Interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and subsequently coded using principles of qualitative, text-based analysis in a four-stage review process. RESULTS: Thirty-six minority faculty (15 assistant professors, 11 associate professors, and 10 full professors) participated, representing diversity across specialties, faculty rank, gender, and race/ethnicity. Seventeen were African American, 16 were Latino, and 3 were Asian. Twenty participants were women. Investigators identified four major themes: (1) choosing to participate in diversity-related activities, driven by personal commitment and institutional pressure, (2) the gap between intention and implementation of institutional efforts to increase diversity, (3) detecting and reacting to discrimination, and (4) a need for a multifaceted approach to mentorship, given few available minority ...