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Med School Diversity May Help Whites Care Better for Minorities


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The study emphasizes the need for medical schools to re-examine their admission policies, according to an accompanying editorial.

Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo, of Columbia University Medical Center, and Dr. Elizabeth T. Lee-Rey, of the Albert Einstein Hispanic Center of Excellence in the Bronx, wrote that "while approximately half of all URM graduates plan to care for underserved populations, less than 20 percent of white and nonwhite/non-URM individuals had such plans. In addition, less than half of all students in these anonymous surveys responded that access to care was a major problem, and only 42 percent responded that everyone is entitled to adequate health care. These findings alone indicate the need to evaluate the process of admitting and training students in U.S. medical schools."

"However, even with an increasing evidence base, many medical schools are unlikely to prioritize increased URM diversity. For such schools, improvements may come only through changes in leadership or external pressure by community and political forces," they noted.

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SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, news release, Sept. 9, 2008


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