Trends in Racial/Ethnic Representation Among US Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

With increasing efforts to create a diverse physician workforce that is reflective of the demographic characteristics of the US population, it remains unclear whether progress has been made since 2009, when the Liaison Committee on Medical Education set forth new diversity accreditation guidelines.

Objective

To examine demographic trends of medical school applicants and matriculants relative to the overall age-adjusted US population.

Design, setting, and participants

Repeated cross-sectional study of Association of American Medical Colleges data on self-reported race/ethnicity and sex of medical school applicants and matriculants compared with population distribution of the medical school-aged population (20-34 years). Data from US allopathic medical school

SUBMITTER: Lett E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6727686 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature