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Fostering Educational Inclusion: Reality Far Removed From Policy, Ashu Kapur
Fostering Educational Inclusion: Reality Far Removed From Policy, Ashu Kapur
Teacher India
The ground realities of inclusive education narrate a sad story of discrimination. Ashu Kapur shares the findings of her recent study.
Exploring Intersectional Typologies Of (Dis)Advantage In United States Medical School Applicants, Alison Howe
Exploring Intersectional Typologies Of (Dis)Advantage In United States Medical School Applicants, Alison Howe
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Increasing diversity in the medical workforce is necessary to address public health needs and reduce health disparities, particularly in low-income and minority communities. The populations that experience these inequalities are the same populations that remain underrepresented in medicine. Research has demonstrated that social-concordance in the physician-patient dyad is associated with better patient outcomes and that students from underserved communities are more likely to return to practice in underserved areas. Despite academic medicine’s continued commitment to admitting and training diverse individuals to address health disparities and increase cultural competency in medical students, a three-decade trend of the majority of medical students …