The joint admission medical program: A statewide approach to expanding medical education and career opportunities for disadvantaged students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1373-1382

  Dalley, Bernell ^a   Podawiltz, Alan ^b   Castro, Robert ^c   Fallon, Kathleen ^d   Kott, Marylee ^e   Rabek, Jeffrey ^f   Richardson, James ^g   Thomson, William ^h   Ferry, Pamela ^h   Mabry, Budge ⁱ   Hermesmeyer, Paul ⁱ   Smith, Quentin ^h  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Fort Worth Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

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

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^h BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Joint Admissions Medical Program and Texas Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER MOBILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNICITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SCHOOL ADMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349868293     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b6c76b     Document Type: Review

References (11)

1. Table 1: Interim projections: Ranking of Census 2000 and projected 2030 state projections and change: 2000 to 2030. Available at: (http://www.census. gov/population/projections/PressTab1.xls). Accessed June 24, 2009.
2. Office of the State Demographer. Projections of the Population of Texas and Counties of Texas by Age, Sex, and Race Ethnicity for 2000-2040. Austin, Tex: Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer; October 2006.
3. Jolly P. Diversity of U.S. medical students by parental income. AAMC Analysis in Brief. January 8, 2008:1-2.
4. Outline of Raymund A. Paredes, Texas Commissioner of Higher Education, February 24, 2009 Testimony Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education: Establishing More National Research Universities. Austin, Tex: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; 2009.
5. Braveman P, Egerter S. Overcoming Obstacles to Health. Princeton, NJ: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; February 2008.
6. Hopwood v. State of Texas. 78 F. 3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996).
7. Grutter v. Bollinger. 539 U.S. 306; 2003.
8. Coleman A, Palmer S, Winnick S. Roadmap to Diversity: Key Legal and Educational Policy Foundations for Medical Schools. Washington, DC: Association of American Medical Colleges; March 2008.
9. Cook B, King J. 2007 Status Report on the Pell Grant Program. Washington, DC: American Council on Education; 2007.
10. Federal Pell Grants: Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Requests. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education; 2009.
11. Barr DA, Gonzalez ME, Wanat SF. The leaky pipeline: Factors associated with early decline in interest in premedical studies among underrepresented minority undergraduate students. Acad Med. 2008; 83:503-511.