{"id":440886,"date":"2022-05-03T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/affirmative-action-bans-had-devastating-impact-on-diversity-in-medical-schools-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2022-05-03T00:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:00:01","slug":"affirmative-action-bans-had-devastating-impact-on-diversity-in-medical-schools-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/affirmative-action-bans-had-devastating-impact-on-diversity-in-medical-schools-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Affirmative action bans had &#8216;devastating impact&#8217; on diversity in medical schools, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a282787b3bce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a282787b3bce\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/affirmative-action-bans-had-devastating-impact-on-diversity-in-medical-schools-study-finds\/#%E2%80%9CAffirmative_action_bans_had_%E2%80%98devastating_impact_on_diversity_in_medical_schools_study_finds%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Affirmative action bans had &#8216;devastating impact&#8217; on diversity in medical schools, study finds&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAffirmative_action_bans_had_%E2%80%98devastating_impact_on_diversity_in_medical_schools_study_finds%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Affirmative action bans had &#8216;devastating impact&#8217; on diversity in medical schools, study finds&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/affirmative-action-ban.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/affirmative-action-ban.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The study\u2019s findings are timely in light of medical schools\u2019 increasing emphasis on health equity, including a push to ensure greater diversity among physicians in the workforce. Credit: UCLA Health\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/affirmative-action-ban.jpg\" alt=\"Affirmative action bans had 'devastating impact' on diversity in medical schools, UCLA-led study finds\" title=\"The study\u2019s findings are timely in light of medical schools\u2019 increasing emphasis on health equity, including a push to ensure greater diversity among physicians in the workforce. Credit: UCLA Health\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                The study\u2019s findings are timely in light of medical schools\u2019 increasing emphasis on health equity, including a push to ensure greater diversity among physicians in the workforce. Credit: UCLA Health<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New UCLA-led research finds that in states with bans on affirmative action programs, the proportion of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups in U.S. public medical schools fell by more than one-third by five years after those bans went into effect.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                The findings are particularly timely given medical schools&#8217; increasing emphasis on health equity, including a push to ensure greater diversity among physicians in the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The study will be published May 3 in the peer-reviewed journal <i>Annals of Internal Medicine<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know that a more diverse physician workforce leads to better care for racial- and ethnic-minority patients,&#8221; said Dr. Dan Ly, the study&#8217;s lead author, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> internal medicine and health services research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. &#8220;But we have made such poor progress in diversifying our physician workforce.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our research shows that bans on affirmative action, like the one California passed in 1996, have had a devastating impact on the diversity of our medical student body and physician pipeline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The researchers examined enrollment data from 1985 through 2019 for 53 medical schools at public universities, focusing on students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups: Black, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. The authors studied medical schools at public universities, not private ones, because states&#8217; bans on affirmative action <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied to public postsecondary institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Of the medical schools, 32 were in 24 states without affirmative action bans. And 21 were in eight states that banned affirmative action during that period\u2014Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington. Those states&#8217; affirmative action bans were enacted from 1997 to 2013; Texas&#8217; ban was reversed in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>In the year before the bans were implemented, underrepresented students made up an average of 14.8% of the total enrollment of those states&#8217; public medical schools. By five years later, the research found, enrollment of underrepresented students at those schools had fallen by 37%.<\/p>\n<p>The authors note some limitations to their analysis. The data may have also captured the indirect effects of affirmative action on undergraduate admissions, public discussion of affirmative action bans may have affected medical school enrollment even before the bans were implemented, some students may not have fully identified with the mutually exclusive racial and ethnic groups defined by the study, and the researchers did not assess the possibility that some schools without bans did not consider race or ethnicity in their admission decisions.<\/p>\n<p>But the findings could lead to a better understanding of the lag in diversifying the medical student body and the physician workforce.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As our country has spent the last two years weaving through the twin pandemics of racial health disparities amplified by COVID-19 and structural racism at large, our findings are critically important,&#8221; said co-author Dr. Utibe Essien, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. &#8220;As we observed, affirmative action bans have resulted in a loss of underrepresented physicians, who could have been at the front lines of caring for vulnerable populations throughout the pandemic and helping to alleviate disparities in care.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My hope is that our findings will help provide policymakers with the tools to push back against affirmative action bans, not just for the diversity of the physician workforce, but for the equal and just health of our society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The study&#8217;s other authors are Andrew Olenski of Columbia University and Dr. Anupam Jena of Harvard University.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-medium text-info mt-2 d-inline-block\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2020-04-affirmative-action-underrepresented-student-enrollment.html\">Study: After affirmative action bans, underrepresented student enrollment lags demographic trends<\/a>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Affirmative action bans and enrollment of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in U.S. public medical schools, <i>Annals of Internal Medicine<\/i> (2022). <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acpjournals.org\/doi\/10.7326\/M21-4312\">www.acpjournals.org\/doi\/10.7326\/M21-4312<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    University of California, Los Angeles<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ucla.edu\/\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/medx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Affirmative action bans had &#8216;devastating impact&#8217; on diversity in medical schools, study finds (2022, May  2)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  2 May 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-05-affirmative-action-devastating-impact-diversity.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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