The diverse surgeons initiative: An effective method for increasing the number of under-represented minorities in academic surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-566

  Butler, Paris D ^a   Britt, L D ^b   Green Jr , Michael L ^f   Longaker, Michael T ^c   Geis, W Peter ^g   Franklin Jr , Morris E ^h   Ruhalter, Aaron ^d   Fullum, Terrence M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Ariatric Surgical Services   (United States)

^g SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Texas Endosurgery Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

DIS; Diverse Surgeons Initiative; Minimally invasive surgery; MIS; Under represented minority; URM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; GRADUATE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHER;

CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MENTORS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 77957239190     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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