Exploring obstacles to and opportunities for professional success among ethnic minority medical students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-153

  Odom, Kara L ^a   Roberts, Laura Morgan ^b   Johnson, Rachel L ^c   Cooper, Lisa A ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACISM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846654686     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31802d8f2c     Document Type: Article

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