Recruitment of underrepresented minority students to medical school : Minority medical student organizations, an untapped resource

• Published in: Journal of the National Medical Association Vol. 99; no. 9; pp. 1000 - 1009
• Main Authors: RUMALA, Bernice B, CASON, Frederick D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thorofare, NJ Slack 01.09.2007; Elsevier Limited; National Medical Association
• Subjects: African Americans - education; Biological and medical sciences; Career Choice; Cooperative Behavior; Cultural Diversity; General aspects; Health participants; Hispanic Americans - education; Humans; Indians, North American - education; Medical sciences; Ohio; Personnel Selection - methods; Personnel Selection - statistics & numerical data; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Schools, Medical - organization & administration; Societies, Medical; Students, Medical - statistics & numerical data; United States; United States; Ohio; Human; Resource; National Medical Association; Teaching; Recruitment; Medicine; Association; Resident(student); University; Education; minority recruitment; Minority; Selection criterion; School organization

Recruitment of more underrepresented minority students (black, Hispanic and native American) to increase racial diversity in the physician workforce is on the agenda for medical schools around the nation. The benefits of having a racially diverse class are indisputable. Minority physicians are more...