Future doctors from underrepresented in medicine communities at the University of Utah
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Background and Objectives: Future Doctors (FD), a high school pathway program, was developed to address the lack of compositional diversity in the health professions at our health sciences campus. Methods: We obtained, analyzed, and compared data on FD student demographic and educational achievement at undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of Utah and graduate programs at other institutions to non-FD students. We followed students from high school to graduate school. Results: We analyzed data from 1,897 FD participants (2014–2019). FD participants were 71% women, with 50.3% identifying as students of color. Ninety-eight students matriculated in graduate school, with 75 (76%) remaining at University of Utah and 45 (46%) attending health sciences graduate programs. Conclusions: FD student cohorts are more diverse than those in the University of Utah undergraduate and graduate programs, contributing to the diversity of those programs. More research is needed to ensure that graduate school gains are evidenced in all underrepresented groups.
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Cariello et al. (2023) described a pathway program at the University of Utah that sought to improve diverse representation in the medical field.
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From the participatory cohort, 98 students matriculated into graduate school, with 76% choosing to remain at the University of Utah and 46% pursuing health sciences graduate programs.
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- Cariello, P. F., Figueroa, E., Harris, C. M., Eldridge, D. R., Hooten, M., Cuevas, G. E., Jones, J. L., Hightower, M., Campbell, K. M., Martineau, M., Rodríguez, J. E., & Oquendo, L. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Utah (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- PRiMER
- Published
- 2023-08-04
- Volume
- 7
- Pages
- 25-25
- ISSN
- 2575-7873 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10544629
- OpenAlex
- W4385568191
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1
- FWCI
- 2.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- PRiMER (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Medical Education and Admissions
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
- Keywords
- underrepresented in medicine, student retention, students of color, women in medicine, University of Utah, health sciences education
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