Demographic variables in medical school admission
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Demographic characteristics of US medical school admission committees.
CONTEXT Although concerns continue to be raised about the diversity of the US physician workforce, there has never been a nationwide survey of both the sex and underrepresented minority (URM) composition of medical school admission committees. OBJECTIVE To document US medical school admission committee membership in several demographic domains, including sex and URM (African American, Mexican...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Medicine
سال: 1990
ISSN: 1040-2446
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199003000-00003