Preparing for Health Care Reform and an LCME Site Visit: Addressing the Generalist-Non-Generalist Imbalance.

Haviland, Mark G.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ503267

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Preparing for Health Care Reform and an LCME Site Visit: Addressing the Generalist-Non-Generalist Imbalance.

Haviland, Mark G.; And Others

Academic Medicine, v70 n4 p298-304 Apr 1995

Medical student records were examined for information predicting graduates' specialty choices. Two variables available on admission that were associated with being in the primary-care career pipeline were being a woman and being a member of a non-underrepresented minority. One variable, rural county code, predicted non-primary-care choice. (MSE)

Descriptors: Career Choice, College Admission, College Applicants, Databases, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Medical Students, Minority Groups, Predictor Variables, Primary Health Care, Professional Education, Rural Areas, Sex Differences, Specialization, Student Records

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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