How Cardiac Anesthesiology Can Help "STEM" the Tide of Under-representation of Minorities in Science and Medicine.

Autor: Woodward E; Harvard Medical School; Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA., Lai Y; Harvard Medical School; Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA., Egun C; Center for Community Healthcare Improvement, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA., Fitzsimons MG; Harvard Medical School; Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: mfitzsimons@partners.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia [J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth] 2018 Apr; Vol. 32 (2), pp. 631-635. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jun 20.
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.06.031
Abstrakt: The field of medicine is built upon science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), yet the United States is rapidly falling behind when it comes to educating the next generation in these disciplines, especially under-represented populations. The authors reflect on existing educational literature surrounding efforts to promote interest in STEM among students and under-represented populations. The authors advocate for greater efforts toward the development of youth programing. Cardiac anesthesia is uniquely positioned as a subspecialty to advance the goal of promoting interest in STEM in diverse groups of young students. The authors describe their development and implementation of a community outreach program to enhance interest in medicine through a cardiac dissection experience.
(Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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