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- Title
Demographic characteristics of US medical school admission committees.
- Authors
Kondo, Douglas G; Judd, Victoria E.; Kondo, D G; Judd, V E
- Abstract
<bold>Context: </bold>Although concerns continue to be raised about the diversity of the US physician workforce, there has never been a nationwide survey of both the sex and underrepresented minority (URM) composition of medical school admission committees.<bold>Objective: </bold>To document US medical school admission committee membership in several demographic domains, including sex and URM (African American, Mexican American, mainland Puerto Rican, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan) status.<bold>Design: </bold>Mailed survey.<bold>Setting and Participants: </bold>Deans or directors of admission at 85 US medical schools that were members of the Association of American Medical Colleges (response rate, 70%).<bold>Main Outcome Measures: </bold>Prevalence of 1999-2000 school-year committee members in demographic categories, such as sex, URM status, physician or medical student status; compensation status.<bold>Results: </bold>The overall ratio of men to women on admission committees was 1.77 to 1. On average, 16% of committee members were from URM groups. Physicians with URM status comprised 8% of committee membership; 51% of committees had 1 or 0 URM physicians. Seventy-four percent of committees had at least 1 medical student; medical students comprised 15% of total membership. Ninety-one percent of committees operated on a volunteer basis.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Although representation of women and persons with URM status on medical school admission committees has improved since 1972, URM membership, in particular, remains low. JAMA. 2000;284:1111-1113
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICAL school admission; MINORITIES in medicine; COLLEGE admission officers; SEX discrimination
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2000, Vol 284, Issue 9, p1111
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.284.9.1111