Recommended Reading
AAMC Publications
Roadmap
to Diversity: Key Legal and Educational Policy Foundations for Medical
Schools
The publication was produced to help medical schools align admissions
to mission and establish and implement institution-specific, diversity-related
policies that will advance their core educational goals with minimal legal
risk.
The
Diversity Research Forum: Exploring Diversity in the Physician Workforce
The Division of Diversity Policy and Programs convened this forum
during the 2006 AAMC Annual Meeting to provide an overview of research
on physician diversity and to underscore the role diversity plays in the
physician workforce. Topics include research studies, methodological issues,
and policy implications. (May 2007)
An Overview of
Women in U.S. Academic Medicine, 2005-06 (PDF, 2 pages)
Analysis in Brief, October 2006
Minorities
in Medical Education: Facts & Figures
Provides detailed racial and ethnic statistical information on medical
education in the United States. (Aug. 2006)
The
Diversity Research Forum: Tools for Assessing and Measuring Diversity
in Medical Education
The Division of Diversity Policy and Programs convened this forum during
the 2005 AAMC Annual Meeting to provide participants with a better understanding
of how diversity is assessed and measured in education research and how
diversity may be measured in the future. (June 2006)
Minority
Student Opportunities in United States Medical Schools
Data supplied by medical schools in response to an AAMC questionnaire
include the number of applicants, first-time applicants, matriculants,
and graduates for each school by gender and race/ethnicity. Includes two
appendices: a chart identifying enrichment and other programs related
to individual medical schools, and tables of related AAMC data. (2005)
The Work Ahead
Dr. Jordan J. Cohen's President's Address at the 2005 AAMC Annual Conference
The Changing Representation
of Men and Women in Academic Medicine (PDF, 2 pages)
Analysis in Brief, July 2005
Medical
Students with Disabilities: A Generation of Practice
Provides guidance on applying Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities
Act in the context of undergraduate medical education.
Learning
from Others: A Literature Review and How-To Guide From The Health Professions
Partnership Initiative
A literature review featuring examples of educational partnerships for
organizations (K-12, universities, medical institutions, community organizations,
and others) interested in increasing minority representation in the health
professions. Made possible by grants from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. (2004)
Underrepresented
Minorities In Medical Schools
This issue of Academic Medicine contains seven papers on diversity in
medical education, including "Educational Benefits of Diversity in Medical
School" and "The Need for Diversity in Higher Education." (May 2003)
Assessing
Medical School Admissions Policies: Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's
Affirmative Action Decisions
This document has been designed to help medical schools work with legal
counsel to put into practice the U.S. Supreme Court decisions on race-conscious
admissions policies. (2003)
Finishing
the Bridge to Diversity
Dr. Jordan J. Cohen's 1996 Presidential Address focuses on the importance
of diversity in the health professions and its profound effect on health
care as a whole.
Enhancing
the Environment for Women in Academic Medicine: Resources and Pathways
Compiled to assist department chairs, deans, women liaison officers, and
other medical center and university faculty. This resource covers professional
development issues and programs, family and flexibility issues, women's
health in medical education, leadership, challenges facing women and ways
to improve equity and address sexism in medicine. Each chapter also includes
an extensive bibliography. (1996)
Other Publications
The
Case for Diversity in the Health Workforce
Increasing the racial and ethnic diversity in the health care workforce
is essential to quality health care in the United States. The long-term
solution depends on fundamentally reforming our country's precollege education
system. Meanwhile, affirmative action tools in health professions schools
are critical to achieving a diverse health care workforce. (Health
Affairs, Sept./Oct. 2002)
Against
All Odds: The Legacy of Students of African Descent at Harvard Medical
School Before Affirmative Action, 1850-1968
Nora N. Nercessian, Harvard Medical School (2004)
Defending
Diversity: Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan
(PDF, 12 pages)
A response to the June 2003 U.S. Supreme Court rulings that discusses
the many benefits of a diverse higher education setting and contributes
to the ongoing discussion of affirmative action. Written by Patricia Gurin,
Jeffrey S. Lehman, and Earl Lewis, with Eric L. Day, Gerald Gurin, and
Sylvia Hurtado. (University of Michigan Press, 2004)
Diversity
Challenged: Evidence on the Impact of Affirmative Action
Edited by Gary Orfield and Michael Kurlaender of the Civil Rights Project
of Harvard UniversityHarvard Education Publishing Group, 2001
The Right Thing to
Do, The Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in Health Professions
Summary of the Symposium on Diversity in Health Professions in Honor of
Herbert W. Nickens, M.D. (Institute of Medicine, 2001)
Unequal Treatment: Confronting
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
Edited by Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson
(Institute of Medicine, 2001)
The Shape of
the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University
Admissions
Comprehensive study of affirmative action in America by William G. Bowen
and Derek Bok (Princeton University Press, 2000)
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