Holding a mirror to society? The socio-demographic characteristics of students commencing health professional programmes, and all courses, at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka (the University of Otago), 1994-2023.

Autor:	Sise A; Public Health Medicine Registrar, Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand., Feeney S; Director, Raukaha, Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand., Leonard GM; Professional Practice Fellow, Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand., McDonald G; Senior Research Fellow, Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand., Murray G; Principal Analyst, Strategy, Analytics and Reporting Office, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand., Crampton P; Professor, Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The New Zealand medical journal [N Z Med J] 2024 Nov 08; Vol. 137 (1605), pp. 77-91. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 08.
DOI:	10.26635/6965.6685
Abstrakt:	Aim: To present selected key findings from a longitudinal analysis of the socio-demographic characteristics of students entering all courses at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka (the University of Otago), all health professional programmes combined, and 11 individual health professional programmes between 1994 and 2023. Method: Data sources: 1) university electronic collections of student data (programme details, demographics, schooling, home address), and 2) publicly available datasets (some socio-demographic variables). Analyses included counts and proportions of commencing students, disaggregated by time period and socio-demographic variables, and commencement rates per 100,000 population aged 18-29 years. Results: During this 30-year period, there was a notable increase in the overall proportion of domestic health professional programme students who were Māori or Pacific, and an increase in enrolments of students from rural backgrounds. The socio-economic profile of incoming students remained unchanged, with students being highly skewed towards those from more socio-economically privileged backgrounds. The proportion of domestic health professional programme students who were female increased across all years, reaching nearly two-thirds by the study end. Conclusion: While efforts to enhance health professional student diversity have had a positive impact, the university's vision of a health workforce that represents Māori and the diverse contexts of Aotearoa New Zealand's society will require long-term ongoing commitment. Competing Interests: The work on this project was partially funded by the Otago Project contract between Te Aka Whai Ora – The Māori Health Authority and the University of Otago. Andrew Sise’s work on this project was undertaken as part of a registrar placement that was supported by a training endowment from the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine. (© PMA.)
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