Mission matters: Association between a medical school's mission and minority student representation.

ABSTRACT: Increasing enrollment of students who are underrepresented in medicine has been a priority of United States (US) medical schools. The authors sought to compare how increasing minority student representation factors into mission statements, statements of values, and strategic action plans at top research-oriented US medical schools and US medical schools with a social mission. A Web search was performed to locate three documents for each medical school: the mission statement; a statement of values; and a strategic plan. Data were retrieved on the number of underrepresented minority graduates and total graduates from each school in the graduating classes of 2015-2019. The number and percentage of graduates during this period were compared according to schools' mission statements using rank-s

SUBMITTER: Campbell KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894902 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature