Diversity in Medical School

Medical school differences: beneficial diversity or harmful deviations?

Medical School Hotline: Liaison Committee on Medical Education Accreditation, Part VII: Diversity/Pipeline Programs and Partnerships.

This article is part of an ongoing series describing various components of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) medical education curricula, activities, and initiatives relevant to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation standards.1 JABSOM's LCME visit will take place in early 2017. This article provides an overview of JABSOM's diversity/pipeline programs and pa...

Fasa University Medical School: a novel experience in medical education

In early 1970`s A combination of a shortage andmisdistribution of health services and growingpublic dissatisfaction about the health care available,along with increasing expectations, has put greatstrain on the mind of the staff of the Department ofMedicine Shiraz University School of Medicine, themedical school was known as a center of excellence forphysician training. The school also got its ...

Diversity in medical school admission: insights from personnel recruitment and selection.

1 Razack S, Hodges B, Steinert Y, Maguire M. Seeking inclusion in an exclusive process: discourses of medical school student selection. Med Educ 2015;49:36–47. 2 Boelen C, Heck JE, World Health Organization. Defining and Measuring the Social Accountability of Medical Schools. Geneva: WHO 1995. http://apps.who.int/iris/ bitstream/10665/59441/1/ WHO_HRH_95.7. pdf?ua=1. [Accessed 15 August 2014.] ...

The York Medical School.

FEW British cities have a history which is equal, either in interest or importance, to that of York. Through the centuries it has been of consequence in many spheres, and its place in medical history is not without significance. St. Leonard's Hospital, founded in the City in 936, was at one time the largest hospital in England. During the medieval years many small hospitals were in existence in...