Presenters
- Florencia Lebensohn-Chialvo, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Laura Sudano, PhD, LMFT, Associate Director, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Ronak Shah, MD
- Caitlin MacMillen, DO, MPH, Physician, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Andrea Trejo, MA, Doctoral Student, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Summary
This presentation will outline formal and informal structures and strategies training programs and clinics can leverage to help diversify the integrated healthcare workforce.
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Objectives
- Describe benefits associated with a more diverse healthcare workforce.
- List strategies associated with increased recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in health professions.
- Apply strategies to recruit, retain and support underrepresented minority providers in integrated care settings.
References
- Buche, J., Beck, A.J., & Singer, P.M. (2017). Factors Impacting the Development of a Diverse Behavioral Health Workforce. http://www.behavioralhealthworkforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FA2P1_Workforce-Diversity_Final-Report.pdf
- Human Resource & Services Administration (2016). Supporting Diversity in the Health Professions. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/Publications/diversityresourcepaper.pdf
- Snyder, C.R., Stover, B., Skillman, S.M., & Frogner, B.K. (2015). Facilitating Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Health Workforce. http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/FINALREPORT_Facilitating%20Diversity%20in%20the%20Health%20Workforce_7.8.2015.pdf
- Camacho, A., Zangaro, G., & White, K. M. (2017). Diversifying the health-care workforce begins at the pipeline: A 5-year synthesis of processes and outputs of the scholarships for disadvantaged students program. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 40(2), 127-150. doi:/10.1177/0163278715617809
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