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Newspaper headlines underscore the challenges that the health professions face in this period of dramatic change in the American health care enterprise: critical shortages of nurses and other health professionals, tight budgets and rising health care costs, increasing public concern about patient safety and medical errors, and rising criticism of the quality of care that Americans receive, to name a few. Indeed, the health professions and health care industry are fighting to retain the public’s confidence that the U.S. health care system can continue to be the world’s best | The Right Tiling to Do The Smart Thing to Do Enhancing Diversity in Health Professions Summary of the Symposium on Diversity in Health Professions in Honor of Herbert w. Nickens M.D. INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE The Right Thing to Do The Smart Thing to Do Enhancing Diversity in the Health Professions Summary of the Symposium on Diversity in Health Professions in Honor of Herbert W. Nickens M.D. Brian D. Smedley and Adrienne Y. Stith Institute of Medicine Lois Colburn Association of American Medical Colleges Clyde H. Evans Association of Academic Health Centers INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington D.C. NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W. Washington DC 20418 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. Support for this project was provided by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation the W.K. Kellogg Foundation the Bureau of Health Professions Division of Health Professions Diversity and Bureau of Primary Health Care of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Office of Minority Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The views presented in this report are those of the Institute of Medicine and are not necessarily those of the funding agencies. International Standard Book Number 0-309-07614-5 Additional copies of this report are available for sale from the National Academy Press 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W. Box 285 Washington D.C. 20055. Call 800 624-6242 or 202 334-3313 in the Washington metropolitan area or visit the NAP s home page at www.nap.edu. The full text of this report is available at www.nap.edu. For more .
