The Role of Historically Black College and University Medical Schools in Academic Medicine

Although less than 3% of medical schools are considered Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), they have played a significant role in the education of Black physicians. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) databases were used to obtain faculty and student demographic dat...

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Published inJournal of health care for the poor and underserved Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 266 - 278
Main Authors Rodríguez, José E, López, Ivette A, Campbell, Kendall M, Dutton, Matthew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Johns Hopkins University Press 01.02.2017
Subjects
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Associations
Black people
Chairs
College professors
Colleges & universities
Cultural Diversity
Data processing
Demographics
Education
Enrollments
Ethnicity
Faculty, Medical - statistics & numerical data
Health disparities
Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Humans
Medicaid
Medical schools
Medical students
Medicine
Minority students
Mission statements
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Physicians
Population
Quality
Schools, Medical - statistics & numerical data
Students
Students, Medical - statistics & numerical data
Teaching methods
Trends
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Summary:Although less than 3% of medical schools are considered Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), they have played a significant role in the education of Black physicians. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) databases were used to obtain faculty and student demographic data from 2003-2013. We analyzed racial distributions of faculty and students at HBCU medical schools compared with all other medical schools and calculated correlations between rates of Black chairs, faculty, and students. Although HBCUs represent 2.4% of medical colleges, they house 31% of Black chairs, 10% of Black faculty and 14% of Black students. A significant (a* < .002) positive correlation was found between rates of Black chairs and students. Black chairs are associated with higher percentages of Black students. Medical colleges may find that increasing the number of Black chairs increases the number of Black medical students.
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ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2017.0022