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Research article summary:
From enrichment to equity: comments on diversifying the K-12 medical school pipeline.
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Educating a physician workforce that reflects the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of our nation is an ongoing challenge of urgent concern. Many medical school kindergarten through 1 2th grade (K-12) pipeline programs focus on 'enriching' ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Aug
in Journal: J Natl Med Assoc
(Language : eng)
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1. J Natl Med Assoc.
2002 Aug;94(8):721-31
From enrichment to equity: comments on diversifying the K-12 medical school pipeline.
Murray-García JL, García JA
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento 95817-1498, USA.
Educating a physician workforce that reflects the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of our nation is an ongoing challenge of urgent concern. Many medical school kindergarten through 1 2th grade (K-12) pipeline programs focus on "enriching" underrepresented minority (URM) students using strategies to change or "improve" individual students. This discussion raises concerns over longstanding racial and ethnic inequities in America's public schools that, in part, result in the predictable and systematic underachievement of URM students. These insidious processes can disqualify URM students from successful participation in the medical school pipeline at its earliest stages. The paper also discusses the cultural challenges URM students often face in aspiring to exceptional academic achievement within America's schools. Finally, this paper highlights the need for illustrative examples of medical school-public school partnerships that pursue an agenda of equity to balance the current downstream focus on the enrichment of individual students.
PMID : 12152930 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Jann L | Murray-García | JL |
| Jorge A | García | JA |
Affiliation: Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento 95817-1498, USA.
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