TY - JOUR
T1 - MEDICINE AND SOCIETY
T2 - PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE What Does It Mean for Medical School Admissions to Be Socially Accountable?
AU - Henderson, Mark C.
AU - Green, Charlene
AU - Chen, Candice
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This work was supported by grant UH1HP29965 from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The authors thank Maya London for her assistance in preparing this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Health care workforce diversity is a critical determinant of health equity and the social mission of medical education. Medical schools have a social contract with the public, which provides significant financial support to academic medical centers. Although a focus on diversity is critical in the admissions process for health professions schools, most US medical schools have failed to achieve racial-ethnic or economic diversity representative of the general US population. This article discusses limitations of holistic admissions, structural challenges for diverse learners in medical education, and how to implement socially accountable admissions.
AB - Health care workforce diversity is a critical determinant of health equity and the social mission of medical education. Medical schools have a social contract with the public, which provides significant financial support to academic medical centers. Although a focus on diversity is critical in the admissions process for health professions schools, most US medical schools have failed to achieve racial-ethnic or economic diversity representative of the general US population. This article discusses limitations of holistic admissions, structural challenges for diverse learners in medical education, and how to implement socially accountable admissions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124272417&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85124272417&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1001/amajethics.2021.965
DO - 10.1001/amajethics.2021.965
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85124272417
VL - 23
SP - 965
EP - 974
JO - AMA journal of ethics
JF - AMA journal of ethics
SN - 2376-6980
IS - 12
ER -