Why students drop out of the pipeline to health professions careers: A follow-up of gifted minority high school students
Why students drop out of the pipeline to health professions careers: A follow-up of gifted minority high school students
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DOI：
10.1097/00001888-199904000-00044
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发表时间：
1999-04-01
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Cregler, LL
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作者：
Thurmond, VB;Cregler, LL
目的.跟踪资优代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的学生谁进入管道卫生专业学校时，他们在高中，并确定是否和为什么学生离开管道进入其他专业。一份问卷邮寄给262名学生谁参加了学生教育充实计划（SEEP）在健康科学在格鲁吉亚医学院1984年和1991年之间，123（75%）回答。研究人群中的学生毕业率高于州或全国学生的平均水平。59名（48%）学生进入了医疗保健行业; 98%的学生在高中时就有了这个打算。虽然一些学生表示，他们决定改变职业轨道的原因与课程工作和GPA的麻烦，许多学生说，他们的兴趣iri非医疗职业已经培养导师或实习机会。早期干预对于将学生留在通往医疗保健职业的管道中非常重要。暑期课程是成功的，但可能不足以帮助学生在大学里学习困难的科学课程，特别是化学。然而，另一个重要的结论是，需要做更多的工作来帮助学生找到他们可以发展关系的导师，并给他们机会在卫生保健机构工作。
Purpose. To track gifted underrepresented minority (URM) students who entered the pipeline to health professional school when they were in high school and to determine whether and why students left the pipeline to enter other professions.Method. A questionnaire was mailed to 262 students who had participated in the Student Educational Enrichment Program (SEEP) in health sciences at the Medical College of Georgia between 1984 and 1991; 123 (75%) responded.Results. Students in the study population had higher graduation rates than the average state or national student Fifty-nine (48%) of the students had entered health care careers; 98% had seated that intention when they were in high school. Although some of the students stated trouble with course work and GPA as reasons for their decisions to change career tracks, many students said that their interests iri non-medical careers had been fostered by mentors or by opportunities to serve internships.Conclusion. Early intervention is important to retaining students in a pipeline that leads to a health care career. Summer programs are successful, but may not be enough to help students with difficult science courses in college, especially chemistry. However, another important conclusion is that much more needs to be done to help students find mentors with whom they can develop relationships and to give them opportunities to work in health care settings.