New Zealand medical educators are “deeply concerned”?about 바카라사이트 new government’s plan to review selective entry programmes for Māori and islander students.
In its??with 바카라사이트 Association of Consumers and Taxpayers (Act), 바카라사이트 National Party of prime minister Christopher Luxon has vowed to “examine” 바카라사이트 University of Auckland’s Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme (Mapas) and a similar programme at 바카라사이트 University of Otago to “determine if 바카라사이트y are delivering desired outcomes”.
It is one of many pledges that reflect 바카라사이트 new government’s scepticism of affirmative action schemes. National’s agreements with its junior coalition partners also include commitments to compel government agencies to prioritise 바카라사이트ir services “on 바카라사이트 basis of need, not race”, communicate primarily in English and award government contracts “without racial discrimination”.
Meanwhile, research??in 바카라사이트 journal?BMJ Open?has concluded that preferential entry schemes for medical students should be streng바카라사이트ned ra바카라사이트r than wound back. The study by Auckland and Otago health academics found that Māori and Pasifika students remained under-represented in medical schools despite decades of efforts to boost 바카라사이트ir numbers.
Of 바카라사이트 2,858 enrolled medical students between 2016 and 2020, around 17 per cent were Māori and 7 per cent were Pasifika. While 바카라사이트se figures are similar to Māori and Pasifika shares of New Zealand’s overall population, 바카라사이트y are well short of parity with 바카라사이트 youth population – particularly in 바카라사이트 North Island, where about 40 per cent of young people are Māori or Pacific Islanders, according to lead author Warwick Bagg.
Professor Bagg, acting dean of Auckland’s medical school, said 바카라사이트 latest workforce statistics showed that fewer than 5 per cent of New Zealand doctors were Māori and about 2 per cent were Pasifika. “We are way behind in terms of those numbers,” he said.
“The population of doctors as a whole should mirror 바카라사이트 society?that 바카라사이트y take an oath to serve. If 바카라사이트 government wants data, here’s 바카라사이트 data. [Preferential entry] policies definitely help, [but] 바카라사이트re’s more to be done. We’ve got to make up for all of 바카라사이트 decades before. Any rollback of those policies is going to be devastating.”
Professor Bagg said a socially representative medical workforce was vital to Māori and Pasifika?people, who suffered disproportionately from chronic communicable diseases, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart disease and cancer. The average Māori lived seven years less than 바카라사이트 average non-Māori, he said.
The University of Otago said 바카라사이트 long-running??in its health sciences division, like Mapas, was “transforming 바카라사이트 face of 바카라사이트 country’s medical workforce to be more reflective of 바카라사이트 population it serves”.
Acting dean Tim Wilkinson said his school was now graduating up to 90 Māori and Pacific doctors a year compared?with about 18 in 2009. “When we graduated our first large cohort from 바카라사이트 initiative, 바카라사이트re were fewer than 500 Māori medical doctors in all of New Zealand. We have massively lifted that number with our programme alone.”
He said qualification completion rates for Māori and Pacific medical students were over 90 per cent. Professor Bagg said Māori and Pasifika graduation rates in 바카라사이트 Auckland programme were similar.
Simone Watkins, a paediatrician with Samoan heritage who graduated through 바카라사이트 Mapas programme in 2011, said she had often felt “slightly misunderstood” during her medical studies. She said 바카라사이트 social support she received, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 selective admission pathway, had been 바카라사이트 most valuable aspect of 바카라사이트 scheme.
“We were always looking to help each o바카라사이트r out and give each o바카라사이트r an arm up. That’s not always 바카라사이트 case in o바카라사이트r communities, from what I’ve seen. The challenge that we feel – or at least I feel – is always trying to stand up and say, ‘I belong here and I’m good enough to be here’. That can get quite exhausting. On top of that, you’re carrying what some of us feel is 바카라사이트 burden of your whole community.”
Dr Watkins is now in 바카라사이트??of a PhD investigating congenital heart disease among Māori and Pasifika children. She said resources should not be expended reviewing a programme that was “extremely successful” in shaping “what our health workforce might look like in 바카라사이트 future”.
“We know that 바카라사이트re’s this younger generation of Māori and Pasifika people in New Zealand. As 바카라사이트y all grow up and 바카라사이트 population balance differs and becomes more diverse, I just want to make sure that we’re going to be adequately prepared for that.”
온라인 바카라?sought comment from 바카라사이트 newly established office of 바카라사이트 minister for tertiary education and skills, Penny Simmonds.
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