Diversity in Medical School: Perceptions of First-Year Students at Four Southeastern U.S. Medical Schools

Diversity in Medical School: Perceptions of First-Year Students at Four Southeastern U.S. Medical Schools

Surveyed first-year students at four Southeastern medical schools about diversity issues. Found that perceptions of diversity were influenced by students' own demographic characteristics and those of their medical school. The more diverse the class, the more comfortable students were with diver...

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Veröffentlicht in:Academic Medicine 2001, Vol.76 (1), p.60-65
Hauptverfasser: Elam, Carol L, Johnson, Mitzi M. S, Wiggs, John S, Messmer, James M, Brown, Patrick I, Hinkley, Robert
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cultural Pluralism
Curriculum
Demography
Diversity (Student)
Ethnic Groups
Female
Humans
Male
Medical Students
Patients
Sex Factors
Southeastern United States
Student Attitudes
Student Surveys
Students, Medical - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:Surveyed first-year students at four Southeastern medical schools about diversity issues. Found that perceptions of diversity were influenced by students' own demographic characteristics and those of their medical school. The more diverse the class, the more comfortable students were with diversity and the more they valued its contribution to their medical education. (EV)
ISSN:1040-2446
DOI:10.1097/00001888-200101000-00017