Diversity in Mission Statements and Among Students at US Medical Schools Accredited Since 2000.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Diversity in the physician workforce improves patient care and decreases health disparities. Recent calls for social justice have highlighted the importance of medical school commitment to diversity and social justice, and newly established medical schools are uniquely positioned to actively fulfill the social mission of medicine.

Objective

To identify diversity language in the mission statements of all medical schools accredited since 2000 and to determine whether the presence of diversity language was associated with increased diversity in the student body.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study of public websites conducted between January 6, 2023, and March 31, 2023. Qualitative content analysis of mission statements was conducted using

SUBMITTER: West K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10722335 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature