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African American Students In Physical Therapy: Enhancing Diversity, Melanie H. Lauderdale
African American Students In Physical Therapy: Enhancing Diversity, Melanie H. Lauderdale
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African Americans are motivated by early exposure to the profession and future expectations for their personal career path including stability work-life balance and helping others. The elimination of barriers such as finances lack of support and cultural microaggressions influences their career path. Following statistical analysis of admissions data conclusions were made that the current admissions criteria does not successfully predict first year success for any students including African American students. Lastly African American physical therapy graduates from UMMC reported excitement upon admission concerns over quotas lack of African American faculty students and physical therapists and the presence of microaggressions while …
African American Students In Physical Therapy: Enhancing Diversity, Kimberly Renee Willis
African American Students In Physical Therapy: Enhancing Diversity, Kimberly Renee Willis
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
African Americans are motivated by early exposure to the profession and future expectations for their personal career path including stability work-life balance and helping others. The elimination of barriers such as finances lack of support and cultural microaggressions influences their career path. Following statistical analysis of admissions data conclusions were made that the current admissions criteria does not successfully predict first year success for any students including African American students. Lastly African American physical therapy graduates from UMMC reported excitement upon admission concerns over quotas lack of African American faculty students and physical therapists and the presence of microaggressions while …
African American Students In Physical Therapy: Enhancing Diversity, Sherry T. Colson
African American Students In Physical Therapy: Enhancing Diversity, Sherry T. Colson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
African Americans are motivated by early exposure to the profession and future expectations for their personal career path including stability work-life balance and helping others. The elimination of barriers such as finances lack of support and cultural microaggressions influences their career path. Following statistical analysis of admissions data conclusions were made that the current admissions criteria does not successfully predict first year success for any students including African American students. Lastly African American physical therapy graduates from UMMC reported excitement upon admission concerns over quotas lack of African American faculty students and physical therapists and the presence of microaggressions while …