Building an ethnically and racially diverse neurology workforce

IF 28.2 1区 医学 Q1 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY Nature Reviews Neurology Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI:10.1038/s41582-024-00941-3
Roy H. Hamilton
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As diversity among patient populations continues to grow, racial and ethnic diversity in the neurology workforce is increasingly essential to the delivery of culturally competent care and for enabling inclusive, generalizable clinical research. Unfortunately, diversity in the workforce is an area in which the field of neurology has historically lagged and faces formidable challenges, including an inadequate number of trainees entering the field, bias experienced by trainees and faculty from minoritized racial and ethnic backgrounds, and ‘diversity tax’, the disproportionate burden of service work placed on minoritized people in many professions. Although neurology departments, professional organizations and relevant industry partners have come to realize the importance of diversity to the field and have taken steps to promote careers in neurology for people from minoritized backgrounds, additional steps are needed. Such steps include the continued creation of diversity leadership roles in neurology departments and organizations, the creation of robust pipeline programmes, aggressive recruitment and retention efforts, the elevation of health equity research and engagement with minoritized communities. Overall, what is needed is a shift in culture in which diversity is adopted as a core value in the field. In this Review, Hamilton dissects the importance of racial and ethnic diversity among the neurology workforce for providing inclusive and equitable care to diverse populations. The Review summarizes current barriers to achieving diversity in the field and presents strategic approaches to overcoming these.

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建立一支民族和种族多元化的神经病学人才队伍。
随着患者群体的多样性不断增加,神经病学人才队伍中的种族和民族多样性对于提供符合文化要求的医疗服务以及开展具有包容性和可推广性的临床研究越来越重要。不幸的是,神经病学领域在劳动力多样性方面历来落后,并面临着严峻的挑战,其中包括进入该领域的受训人员数量不足、来自少数种族和民族背景的受训人员和教职员工所经历的偏见,以及 "多样性税",即许多行业中少数群体所承担的不成比例的服务工作负担。尽管神经病学部门、专业组织和相关行业合作伙伴已经意识到多样性对该领域的重要性,并已采取措施促进来自少数民族背景的人在神经病学领域的职业发展,但仍需采取更多措施。这些措施包括在神经病学部门和组织中继续设立多元化领导职位、建立健全的管道计划、积极招聘和留住人才、提升健康公平研究以及与少数群体的接触。总之,需要转变文化,将多样性作为该领域的核心价值观。
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Nature Reviews Neurology
Nature Reviews Neurology 医学-临床神经学
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29.90
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6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Nature Reviews Neurology aims to be the premier source of reviews and commentaries for the scientific and clinical communities we serve. We want to provide an unparalleled service to authors, referees, and readers, and we work hard to maximize the usefulness and impact of each article. The journal publishes Research Highlights, Comments, News & Views, Reviews, Consensus Statements, and Perspectives relevant to researchers and clinicians working in the field of neurology. Our broad scope ensures that the work we publish reaches the widest possible audience. Our articles are authoritative, accessible, and enhanced with clearly understandable figures, tables, and other display items. This page gives more detail about the aims and scope of the journal.
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