Diversity Initiatives
The AAMC is working to increase diversity in medical education and advance
health care equity in the U.S. Our efforts are in three general areas:
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Diversifying the Applicant Pool
Early enrichment and intervention programs for high school and college
students considering medical school
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Serving Applicants and Medical Students
Programs and services for students applying to and in medical school
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Supporting Medical School Faculty and Administration
Programs and services for faculty, staff, administrators of medical
schools, and medical school graduates
Diversifying the Applicant Pool
Holistic Review Project
The AAMC's Holistic Review Project was designed to develop tools
and resources that medical schools can use to create
and sustain medical student diversity. The project focuses on the
application and admissions process in the context of medical school
mission and goals and other institutional diversity initiatives.
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.
AspiringDocs.org
The AAMC's research-based outreach campaign is designed to raise awareness
of the critical need for more diversity in medicine and to encourage well-prepared
African American, Latino/a, and Native American students to apply to and
enroll in medical school.
Summer Medical and Dental
Education Program (SMDEP)
SMDEP is a free (full tuition, housing, and meals) six-week summer medical
and dental school preparatory program that offers eligible students intensive
and personalized medical and dental school preparation.
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.
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 a better understanding of how
diversity is assessed and measured in education research and how diversity
can be measured in the future.
Minority Student
Medical Career Awareness Workshop and Recruitment Fair
Workshops introduce high school and college students to minority affairs
officers, admissions officers, and financial aid professionals at an annual
career fair.
Enrichment Programs
on the Web
An online database to help undergraduates find enrichment programs on
medical school campuses.
Lessons
Learned from the Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI), 1996-2005
This supplement to the June 2006 issue of Academic Medicine contains articles
and case studies describing ten years experience with HPPI, funded by
the Robert Wood Johnson and W.K. Kellogg Foundations. (Free abstracts,
full text available with subscription)
Underrepresented
in Medicine
The AAMC defines "underrepresented in medicine" as those racial
and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession
relative to their numbers in the general population.
Assessing
Medical School Admissions Policies: Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's
Affirmative Action Decisions
This 2003 document was designed to help medical schools work with legal
counsel to put into practice the U.S. Supreme Court decisions on race-conscious
admissions policies.
Serving Applicants and Medical Students
Minorities in Medicine
Information about programs, events, and scholarships for prospective medical
students
Medical Minority
Application Registry (Med-MAR)
Created to enhance admission opportunities for medical school applicants
from groups that are underrepresented in medicine or who are economically
disadvantaged.
Minority Student
Opportunities in United States Medical Schools
This publication compiles information from every medical school about
minority recruitment, admissions, students, and graduates.
Nickens Medical Student
Scholarships
Acknowledges outstanding medical students who have demonstrated leadership
in eliminating inequities in medical education and health.
Supporting Medical School Faculty and Administration
Professional Development Groups
Building a national community of leaders to exchange ideas and guide
the improvement of diversity in medical education. These include:
Tool for Assessing Cultural Competency
Training (TACCT)
Supports medical schools in evaluating the effectiveness of their cultural
competency curriculum. Made possible by The Commonwealth Fund.
Nickens Faculty Fellowship
Supports the academic and professional activities of an outstanding junior
faculty member committed to a career in academic medicine.
Minority Faculty
Career Development Seminars
Encourages a diverse medical school faculty by supporting underrepresented
minority and women junior faculty pursuing academic careers.
Why the Difference? An Initiative
on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Medical Care
Raises physician awareness about the impact of race/ethnicity on the U.S.
health care system. Sponsored by The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in collaboration with foundations
and organizations, including the AAMC.
Minority Physician Database
Establishes a data source to research practice characteristics, their
impact on minority health, and the career paths of minority physicians.
Made possible by a grant from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and
The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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