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To describe admissions committee initiatives implemented by a U.S. medical school designed to improve the matriculation yield of students from groups underrepresented in medicine.

January 1, 2018Journal of Health Care for the Poor and UnderservedOpen Access

Strategies for Achieving Diversity through Medical School Admissions

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QCQuinn Capers LMLeon McDougle DCDaniel M. Clinchot

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Field report demonstrates admissions committee initiatives that increase underrepresented student matriculation in medical school, suggesting institutional reforms reduce health disparities.

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To describe admissions committee initiatives implemented by a U.S. medical school designed to improve the matriculation yield of students from groups underrepresented in medicine.
Instituted targeted programmatic and procedural reforms within the medical school admissions committee.
Evaluated institutional yield and enrollment outcomes following the implementation of multidimensional diversity initiatives beyond standard recruitment.
Admissions committee modifications contributed directly to sustained gains in institutional compositional diversity.
Reliance on active recruitment in isolation proved insufficient to diversify matriculating classes without comprehensive structural changes to admissions procedures.

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Capers et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a01daeb0cec8eebbd5cb166 https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2018.0002

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January 1, 2018Journal of Health Care for the Poor and UnderservedOpen Access

Strategies for Achieving Diversity through Medical School Admissions

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Authors

QCQuinn Capers LMLeon McDougle DCDaniel M. Clinchot

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Overview

Field report demonstrates admissions committee initiatives that increase underrepresented student matriculation in medical school, suggesting institutional reforms reduce health disparities.

Key Points

To describe admissions committee initiatives implemented by a U.S. medical school designed to improve the matriculation yield of students from groups underrepresented in medicine.
Instituted targeted programmatic and procedural reforms within the medical school admissions committee.
Evaluated institutional yield and enrollment outcomes following the implementation of multidimensional diversity initiatives beyond standard recruitment.
Admissions committee modifications contributed directly to sustained gains in institutional compositional diversity.
Reliance on active recruitment in isolation proved insufficient to diversify matriculating classes without comprehensive structural changes to admissions procedures.

Cite This Study

Capers et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a01daeb0cec8eebbd5cb166 https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2018.0002

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