The Johns Hopkins Geriatric Summer Scholars Program: A model to increase diversity in geriatric medicine

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1607-1612

  Simpson, Crystal E ^a,c   Durso, Samuel C ^a   Fried, Linda P ^a   Bailey, Thomasina ^b   Boyd, Cynthia M ^a   Burton, John ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bayview Proteomics Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MINORITY GROUP; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MINORITY GROUPS;

EID: 27744487828     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53527.x     Document Type: Article

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