Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic With Medical School Diversity Pathway Programs.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medical school pathway programs are a strategy to increase the diversity of the physician workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively affected pathway programs, further challenging efforts to increase diversity.

Objectives

To describe the changes in medical school pathway programs during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify methods for sustaining and supporting these programs during and after the pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

A survey study using an exploratory sequential mixed-method design was conducted from January 4 to August 3, 2021. Semistructured interviews with a sample of medical school pathway program administrators and academic leaders of US allopathic and osteopathic medical school diversity pathway programs identified theme

SUBMITTER: Batra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9425144 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature