Diversity in academic medicine no. 1: Case for minority faculty development today

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 491-498

  Nivet, Marc A ^a   Taylor, Vera S ^b   Butts, Gary C ^c   Strelnick, A Hal ^d   Herbert Carter, Janice ^b   Fry Johnson, Yvonne W ^b   Smith, Quentin T ^b   Rust, George ^b   Kondwani, Kofi ^b  

^a Josiah Macy Jr Foundation   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Diversity; Faculty development program; Medical faculty rank; Medical faculty tenure; Minority faculty; Underrepresented minority

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAMBODIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TEACHING;

CAREER MOBILITY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MENTORS; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149120318     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20079     Document Type: Article

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