Should efforts in favor of medical student diversity be focused during admissions or farther upstream?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 443-448

  Reiter, Harold I ^a   Lockyer, Jocelyn ^b   Ziola, Barry ^c   Courneya, Carol Ann ^d   Eva, Kevin ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84859428539     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318248f7f3     Document Type: Article

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