Geospatial Analysis of the Proportion of Persons Defined as Underrepresented in Medicine for Each Medical School and Their Surrounding Core-Based Statistical Area

• Main Authors: Zoel A. Qui??nez (Author), Angel Benitez-Melo (Author), Laura M. Diaz (Author), Michael Lennig (Author), Danton Char (Author), Charlotte Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mary Ann Liebert, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The current approach to increasing diversity in medical education fails to consider local community demographics when determining medical school matriculation. Purpose: We propose that medical schools better reflect their surrounding community, both because racially/ethnically concordant...