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A National Long-term Outcomes Evaluation of U.S. Premedical Postbaccalaureate Programs Designed to Promote Health care Access and Workforce Diversity.
- Source :
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved; Aug2015, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p631-647, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The National Postbaccalaureate Collaborative (NPBC) is a partnership of Postbaccalaureate Programs (PBPs) dedicated to helping promising college graduates from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds get into and succeed in medical school. This study aims to determine long-term program outcomes by looking at PBP graduates, who are now practicing physicians, in terms of health care service to the poor and underserved and contribution to health care workforce diversity. Methods. We surveyed the PBP graduates and a randomly drawn sample of non-PBP graduates from the affiliated 10 medical schools stratified by the year of medical school graduation (1996-2002). Results. The PBP graduates were more likely to be providing care in federally designated underserved areas and practicing in institutional settings that enable access to care for vulnerable populations. Conclusion. The NPBC graduates serve a critical role in providing access to care for underserved populations and serve as a source for health care workforce diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EVALUATION of medical education
CHI-squared test
COLLEGE graduates
FISHER exact test
HEALTH services accessibility
LABOR supply
MEDICAL needs assessment
MEDICAL schools
MEDICAL cooperation
MEDICAL practice
MEDICAL specialties & specialists
STUDY & teaching of medicine
PHYSICIANS
CULTURAL pluralism
PREMEDICAL education
PRIMARY health care
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SURVEYS
T-test (Statistics)
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
EVALUATION research
EDUCATIONAL outcomes
MEDICALLY underserved persons
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MANN Whitney U Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10492089
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109473382
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2015.0088