Underrepresented minority dental student recruitment and enrollment programs: An overview from the dental pipeline program

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Formicola, Allan J ^a   D'Abreu, Kim C ^b   Tedesco, Lisa A ^c  

^a Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b American Dental Education Association   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental career; Students of color; Underrepresented minority dental students

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958176139     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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