How leaky is the health career pipeline? Minority student achievement in college gateway courses

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 797-802

  Alexander, Charles ^a   Chen, Eric ^b   Grumbach, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; DENTAL EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

CALIFORNIA; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, PREMEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENT DROPOUTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649892011     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181a3d948     Document Type: Article

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