Diversity in Medical Education: Facts and Figures 2008
This publication provides detailed statistical information on race, ethnicity, and gender in medical education in the United States for the 2007 academic year, as well as data on the pre-college component of the education pipeline leading to the M.D. degree and other health sciences and health professions careers. (October 2008)
The Diversity Research Forum: Successfully Evaluating Diversity Efforts in Medical Education
This publication highlights findings from the AAMC's 3rd annual Diversity Research Forum, where researchers focused on how to successfully evaluate diversity efforts in medical education and the importance of evaluation design, implementation, and data collection. (October 2008)
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)
Diversity in the Physician Workforce: Facts & Figures 2006
This publication provides detailed statistical information on the demographics and practice patterns of the physician workforce that graduated from U.S. allopathic medical schools between 1950 and 2004. In addition, select data are included from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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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 Changing Representation
of Men and Women in Academic Medicine (PDF)
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.
Informational Guide to Effective Practices for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Students and Patients
These recommendations address medical school responses to the needs of and educational programming for GLBT medical students and attitudes toward GLBT students and patients.
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) |
