Characteristics of Medical School Matriculants Who Participated in Postbaccalaureate Premedical Programs
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PURPOSE: To identify factors associated with U.S. medical school matriculants' postbaccalaureate premedical program participation and to determine whether participation was associated with plans at medical school graduation to practice in underserved areas. METHOD: Deidentified, individualized records of Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Matriculating Student Questionnaire responses for the 1996- 2000 cohort of U.S. medical school matriculants were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression for associations with postbaccalaureate premedical program participation. Postbaccalaureate premedical program participation was analyzed for associations with plans at medical school graduation to practice in underserved areas. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) significant at P < .05 are reported for independent predictors of postbaccalaureate program participation among matriculants and of graduates' plans to practice in underserved areas. RESULTS: The sample of 57,276 matriculants included 3,561 (6.2%) academic record enhancer (ARE), 3,931 (6.9%) career changer (CC), and 1,354 (2.4%) career changer/academic record enhancer program participants (ARE/CC). Matriculants who participated in summer academic enrichment programs (OR = 1.35), had premedical debt (OR = 1.25), and were underrepresented minorities (OR = 1.21) were more likely to report ARE participation. Women (OR = 1.46) were more likely to report CC participation. Compared with nonparticipants, ARE, CC, and ARE/CC participants were each more likely to plan, at medical school graduation, to practice in underserved areas (OR = 1.14, 1.48, and 1.47, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Among medical school matriculants, postbaccalaureate premedical program participants were demographically diverse and, at medical school graduation, were more likely than nonparticipants to plan to practice in underserved areas.
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Data suggest that supporting these students would increase workforce diversity in health care professions and directly impact health care access and care of marginalized populations as they are more likely to practice in underserved areas.
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The Discussion says that academic-record-enhancer programs may diversify medical-school enrollees and that participants in both program types were more likely to intend to practice in underserved areas. This study measured intentions, not subsequent practice or direct effects on health care access and care; it also cautions against generalizing its results to other health-professions programs. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Andriole, D. A., & Jeffe, D. B.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Andriole, Dorothy A.
- Venue
- Academic Medicine
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2011-02
- Volume
- 86
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 201-210
- ISSN
- 1040-2446 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3213404
- OpenAlex
- W2038760846
- Cited by
- 35
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- 1
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- FWCI
- 1.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Academic Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM085350)
- National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR024992)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Medical Education and Admissions
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Keywords
- career changers, underrepresented minorities, women in medicine, medical workforce diversity
- MeSH terms
- Career Choice, Education, Premedical, Educational Measurement, Female, Humans, Male, Medically Underserved Area, Minority Groups, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sampling Studies, Students, Medical, United States, Cohort Studies, Multivariate Analysis, Logistic Models, Odds Ratio
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