Building Bridges Toward Workforce Diversity: Strategies to Support Resilient Learners
2024
Building Bridges Toward Workforce Diversity
Sample size: 56
publication
Author Information
Author(s): Allen Rebecca, Ly Timothy, Ma Flora, Carpenter Brian, Moye Jennifer
Hypothesis
How can we address the geropsychological workforce shortage and diversify this workforce?
Conclusion
The conference identified key strategies for recruiting diverse individuals into geropsychology and emphasized the importance of enhancing diversity awareness.
Supporting Evidence
- Participants identified advertising and outreach, student and faculty recruitment, and culturally aware mentorship as key strategies for diversity.
- Eight emergent themes were identified, including the need for financial support and the creation of inclusive environments.
Takeaway
A group of psychologists talked about how to get more diverse people into geropsychology and found some important ways to do it.
Methodology
A pre-conference survey was completed by participants, and qualitative memos were analyzed by a coding team.
Participant Demographics
Individuals at all stages of training in psychology.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
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