Recruitment of underrepresented minority students to medical school: Minority medical student organizations, an untapped resource

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1000-1009

  Rumala, Bernice B ^a,b   Cason Jr , Frederick D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Minority recruitment; National Medical Association

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT RECRUITMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREER CHOICE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; OHIO; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648824692     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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