Community college pathways: improving the U.S. physician workforce pipeline.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the association between participation in a community college (CC) pathway, medical school admission, and intentions to practice in underserved communities or work with minority populations.

Method

The authors performed cross-sectional analyses of the 2012 Association of American Medical Colleges matriculant and applicant files and the Matriculating Student Questionnaire to assess associations between student characteristics and participation in a CC pathway. They used logistic regression to estimate the association among CC pathway and acceptance to medical school, intention to practice in underserved areas, or intention to work with minority populations.

Results

There were 40,491 applicants and 17,518 matriculants to U.S. MD-granting schools; about

SUBMITTER: Talamantes E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4245373 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature