Racial and ethnic minority medical students' perceptions of and interest in careers in academic medicine

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1299-1307

  Sanchez J P ^a   Peters, Lutheria ^b   Lee Rey, Elizabeth ^a   Strelnick, Hal ^a   Garrison, Gwen ^c   Zhang, Kehua ^b   Spencer, Dennis ^d   Ortega, Gezzer ^e   Yehia, Baligh ^c   Berlin, Anne ^f   Castillo Page, Laura ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^c American Dental Education Association   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84883642753     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31829f87a7     Document Type: Article

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