%0 Journal Article
%T Southeast and East Asian American Medical StudentsĄŻ Perceptions of Careers in Academic Medicine
%A Charles A. Kenworthy
%A Dennis J. Spencer
%A Edward S. Lee
%A John Paul S¨˘nchez
%A Lindy Zhang
%A Louisa Holaday
%A Norma Iris Poll-Hunter
%A Serena Chiang
%J Journal of Career Development
%@ 1556-0856
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0894845317740225
%X The Asian race represents one of the fastest growing racial groups in the United States that have unique health-care issues and barriers to services. Despite being the second largest racial group among medical students, Asians represent a markedly smaller proportion of leadership. Greater inclusion may facilitate Asian-related curriculum content development, community-engaged research, and increased services for Asian communities. This article explores Southeast and East Asian American (AA) medical studentsĄŻ perceptions of and challenges toward pursuing academic medicine careers. We collected quantitative and qualitative data among 138 participants. Factors that increased traineesĄŻ interests include collaboration with others, teaching and research opportunities, and influential role models/mentors. Interventions identified to overcome perceived challenges include exposure to senior-level race-concordant role models and mentors, enhancement of communication skills, and informed career discussions between parents and trainees. Such interventions may engage more AA trainees into academia and facilitate their growth as leaders
%K academic medicine
%K workforce diversity
%K Asian American medical students
%K diversity and inclusion
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0894845317740225