5 Practices for Improving Clinician Diversity
Look in any healthcare media outlet and you’ll hear mentions of diversity and cultural competence. But many of these conversations omit a piece from the conversation puzzle: clinician diversity. A diverse healthcare staff – and that includes full representation across ethnicity, disability, class, race, and sexual orientation – means a significant advantage not only in […]
Building Clinician Diversity: Helping Indigenous Communities Take the Healthcare Reins
One of the most pressing issues in tribal healthcare is the extreme shortfall of Native American providers and lack of clinician diversity. The Association of American Medical Colleges reports that fewer than 1% of students identify as American Indian or Alaska Native. Not surprisingly, physician vacancy rates are nearly 30% in some areas of Indian […]
