In the Nation's Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health-care Workforce
by
Smedley, Brian D. Butler, Adrienne Stith. Bristow, Lonnie R.
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Executive Summary
HEALTH CARE’S COMPELLING INTEREST:
ENSURING DIVERSITY IN THE HEALTH-CARE WORKFORCE
ABSTRACT
The United States is rapidly becoming a more diverse nation,
as demonstrated by the fact that nonwhite racial and ethnic groups
will constitute a majority of the American population later in this
century. Many groups—including health professions educational institutions
(HPEIs), private foundations, and state and federal government
agencies—have worked to increase the preparation and motivation
of underrepresented minority (URM) students to enter health
professions careers. The large variety and scope of public and private efforts for funding
URMs in health profession education make it difficult to assess if and how
well th...