Strategies for achieving diversity through medical school admissions

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 9-18

  Capers, Quinn ^a   McDougle, Leon ^a   Clinchot, Daniel M ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions; Diversity; Implicit bias; Medical school; Underrepresented minority

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICINE; STUDENT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042556779     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2018.0002     Document Type: Article

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