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Publication Date: 2001
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Diversity in Medical School: Perceptions of First-Year Students at Four Southeastern U.S. Medical Schools.
Elam, Carol L.; Johnson, Mitzi M. S.; Wiggs, John S.; Messmer, James M.; Brown, Patrick I.; Hinkley, Robert
Academic Medicine, v76 n1 p60-65 Jan 2001
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)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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