National cross-sectional study of the sociodemographic characteristics of Aotearoa New Zealand’s regulated health workforce pre-registration students: a mirror on society?

作者：Peter Crampton, Warwick Bagg, Zoë Bristowe, Paul Brunton, Elana Curtis, Chris Hendry, Bridget Kool, Damian Scarf, Susan Shaw, Collin Tukuitonga, Jonathan Williman, Denise Wilson · 发表于：BMJ Open · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065380 · 被引用次数：9 · 研究领域：Global Health Workforce Issues、Athletic Training and Education、Medical Education and Admissions

OBJECTIVES: To provide a sociodemographic profile of students enrolled in their first year of a health professional pre-registration programme offered within New Zealand (NZ) tertiary institutions. DESIGN: Observational, cross-sectional study. Data were sought from NZ tertiary education institutions for all eligible students accepted into the first 'professional' year of a health professional programme for the 5-year period 2016-2020 inclusive. VARIABLES OF INTEREST: gender, citizenship, ethnicity, rural classification, socioeconomic deprivation, school type and school socioeconomic scores. Analyses were carried out using the R statistics software. SETTING: Aotearoa NZ. PARTICIPANTS: All students (domestic and international) accepted into the first 'professional' year of a health professional programme leading to registration under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003. RESULTS: NZ's health workforce pre-registration students do not reflect the diverse communities they will serve in several important dimensions. There is a systematic under-representation of students who identify as Māori and Pacific, and students who come from low socioeconomic and rural backgrounds. The enrolment rate for Māori students is about 99 per 100 000 eligible population and for some Pacific ethnic groups is lower still, compared with 152 per 100 000 for NZ European students. The unadjusted rate ratio for enrolment for both Māori students and Pacific students versus 'NZ European and...