After the Match: Cultivating a Community of Support, Retention and Mentoring to Enhance Diversity

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) defined underrepresented in medicine in 2004 as “racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population.” The population of the United States is composed of 30% underrepresented minorities while the current physician workforce identified as underrepresented minorit ies is less than 10%1. Underrepresented minority physicians are more likely to practice in underserved areas and care for patients in their own ethnic groups, who are on Medicaid, uninsured and of poorer health status, thus offering the potential to impact health outcomes for underprivileged populat ions2.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research