Race-neutral admission approaches: Challenges and opportunities for medical schools

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-126

  Steinecke, Ann ^a   Beaudreau, James ^a   Bletzinger, Ruth B ^a   Terrell, Charles ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COURT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNICITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33846688285     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31802d85bd     Document Type: Review

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