The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program: Evaluation of a National Program to Promote Faculty Diversity and Health Equity

Health Equity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 7-14

  Guevara, James P ^a,b   Wright, Melissa ^b   Fishman, Nancy W ^c   Krol, David M ^c   Johnson, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

faculty; healthcare disparities; medical; minority groups; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85077532106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24731242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/heq.2016.0022     Document Type: Article

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