Effectiveness of University of California postbaccalaureate premedical programs in increasing medical school matriculation for minority and disadvantaged students

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1079-1085

  Grumbach, Kevin ^a,b   Chen, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, PREMEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33748432127     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.9.1079     Document Type: Article

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