The Teen Medical Academy: Using Academic Enhancement and Instructional Enrichment to Address Ethnic Disparities in the American Healthcare Workforce

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-293

  Oscós Sánchez, Manuel Angel ^a   Oscós Flores, L Dolores ^a   Burge, Sandra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Health occupations; Healthcare workforce; Latino; Minority groups

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNICITY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TEXAS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 39549096459     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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