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Diversifying the Medical Pathway in a Post–Affirmative Action World

Utibe R. Essien, Victor Agbafe, Keith C. Norris

JAMA · 2023 · 13 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

This Viewpoint discusses a pathway toward individual, institutional, professional, and societal actions to increase the number of underrepresented individuals in medicine within the medical workforce in a “post–affirmative action” landscape.

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