A current assessment of diversity characteristics and perceptions of their importance in the surgical workforce.
J Gastrointest Surg
; 18(11): 1936-43, 2014 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-25091838
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Diversity in the workforce is vital to successful businesses. Healthcare in general has suffered from a lack of cultural competence, which is the ability to successfully interact with individuals from diverse backgrounds. In order to eliminate discrimination and build a diverse workforce, physicians' perceptions and importance of diversity need to be measured.METHODS:
A 25-item, anonymous, online questionnaire was created, and a cross-sectional survey was performed. The instrument consisted of demographic and Likert-style questions which attempted to determine the participants' perceptions of the current level of diversity in their specialty and their perceived importance of particular diversity categories.RESULTS:
Over 1,000 responses were received from US-based physicians across all specialties and levels of training. Statistically significant differences existed between surgical and nonsurgical specialties with regard to gender, prior work experience, and political identity. In the surgical workforce, there is significant perceived homogeneity regarding gender/sexual identity. Surgical respondents also deemed gender/sexual identity diversity to be less important than respondents from medical specialties.CONCLUSION:
Surgeons and surgical trainees are less diverse than their medical colleagues, both by demographics and self-acknowledgement. The long-term impact and potential barriers to resolve these differences in diversity require further investigation.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
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Estado_mercado_regulacao
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Autoimagem
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Competência Clínica
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Diversidade Cultural
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Competência Cultural
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Mão de Obra em Saúde
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Medicina
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Gastrointest Surg
Assunto da revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article