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Diversification of U.S. medical schools via affirmative action implementation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medical Education, September 2003
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Title
Diversification of U.S. medical schools via affirmative action implementation
Published in
BMC Medical Education, September 2003
DOI 10.1186/1472-6920-3-6
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Authors

Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan

Abstract

The diversification of medical school student and faculty bodies via race-conscious affirmative action policy is a societal and legal option for the U.S. Supreme Court has recently ruled its use constitutional. This paper investigates the implications of affirmative action, particularly race-conscious compared to race-blind admissions policy; explains how alternative programs are generally impractical; and provides a brief review of the history and legality of affirmative action in the United States. Selection based solely on academic qualifications such as GPA and MCAT scores does not achieve racial and ethnic diversity in medical school, nor does it adequately predict success as practicing physicians. However, race-conscious preference yields greater practice in underserved and often minority populations, furthers our biomedical research progression, augments health care for minority patients, and fosters an exceptional medical school environment where students are better able to serve an increasingly multicultural society. The implementation of race-conscious affirmative action results in diversity in medicine. Such diversity has shown increased medical practice in underserved areas, thereby providing better health care for the American people.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 14 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 21%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 14%
Researcher 2 14%
Professor 1 7%
Student > Bachelor 1 7%
Other 2 14%
Unknown 3 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 36%
Social Sciences 3 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 7%
Engineering 1 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 3 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 July 2023.
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#1,071,690
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#87
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#975
of 54,173 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#1
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