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Number of women entering medical school rises after decade of decline

British medical journal, 2018
The number of women choosing a career in medicine has begun to rise after a decade of decline, data from the Higher Education Funding Council for England show. Since 1996-97, more women than men have entered medical school.
Tom Moberly
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Medical Student Perceptions of the Learning Environment in Medical School Change as Students Transition to Clinical Training in Undergraduate Medical School

Teaching and learning in medicine, 2017
Phenomenon: The learning environment is the physical, social, and psychological context in which a student learns. A supportive learning environment contributes to student well-being and enhances student empathy, professionalism, and academic success ...
Lisette Dunham, M. Dekhtyar, G. Gruener, Eileen Cichoskikelly, J. Deitz, D. Elliott, M. Stuber, S. Skochelak   +7 more
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Underrepresented Minorities in Medical School Admissions: A Qualitative Study

Teaching and learning in medicine, 2017
Phenomenon: This study explored Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino medical students' perceptions of the medical school admissions process. Previous research has explored other elements of the medical education continuum.
M. Hadinger
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Medical Students and Medical School

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1982
ON A BRIGHT morning in late August in the early 1980s, a senior member of a medical school faculty attended an orientation session being held for incoming freshmen medical students. It made him feel good when he looked around the large lecture hall and saw the eager, alert, enthusiastic, and excited men and women from various walks of life and a ...
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Military Medical Schools

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1972
To the Editor.— The Uniformed Services Health Professions Revitalization Act of 1971, HR 2, is designed to overcome a long-standing shortage of career-oriented military personnel qualified in the health professions. The objective of an all-volunteer force by July 1973 has made this problem one of emergency proportions.
T J, Whelan, G E, Corrigan
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Producing a socially accountable medical school: AMEE Guide No. 109

Medical Teacher, 2016
Health systems worldwide are confronted with challenges due to increased demand from their citizens, an aging population, a variety of health risks and limited resources.
C. Boelen, D. Pearson, A. Kaufman, J. Rourke, R. Woollard, D. Marsh, T. Gibbs   +6 more
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Disadvantage and the ‘capacity to aspire’ to medical school

Medical Education, 2015
This study was designed to elucidate why students from backgrounds of lower socio‐economic status (SES) and who may be first in their family (FIF) to enter university continue to be under‐represented in medical schools.
E. Southgate, B. Kelly, I. Symonds
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Summit on medical school education in sexual health: report of an expert consultation.

Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2013
INTRODUCTION.: Medical education in sexual health in the United States and Canada is lacking. Medical students and practicing physicians report being underprepared to adequately address their patients' sexual health needs.
E. Coleman, J. Elders, D. Satcher, Alan W. Shindel, S. Parish, G. Kenagy, C. R. Bayer, G. Knudson, S. Kingsberg, A. Clayton, M. Lunn, Elizabeth Goldsmith, Perry Tsai, A. Light   +13 more
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Medicalization in Schools

2014
Medicalization can be characterized as the product of processes that seek to put social problems into a medical framework This process of placing phenomena into a medical framework has become more commonplace (Conrad, 2007, p. 88; Conrad & Schneider, 1992; Zola, 1972) with the concept being examined in relation to a number of areas, including: sex ...
Harwood, Valerie, McMahon, Samantha
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Cause or effect? The relationship between student perception of the medical school learning environment and academic performance on USMLE Step 1

Medical Teacher, 2013
Background: A school's learning environment is believed to influence academic performance yet few studies have evaluated this association controlling for prior academic ability, an important factor since students who do well in school tend to rate their ...
S. Wayne, Sally A. Fortner, J. Kitzes, Craig Timm, S. Kalishman   +4 more
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