The ethnicity attainment gap among medical and biomedical science students: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) medical students and professionals frequently underachieve when compared with their White counterparts not only in the United Kingdom, but across the globe. There is no consensus for the definitive causes of this attainment gap, but suggestions contributing towards it include: increased feelings of isolation as a member of a minority culture or religion; a poorer higher education (HE) experience compared with White counterparts; and stereotype threat, whereby students underperform in exams from the stresses of fearing confirming to a negative-stereotype.

Methods

The aim of this study was to gather qualitative data on HE experiences of medical and biomedical science students to explore factors contributing to the attainment g

SUBMITTER: Claridge H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310969 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature