Today, here at the promise of daybreak of a new century, our nation’s medical profession faces both old and new challenges. The unscrambling of the human genome, advances in transplantation, the emergence of electronic patient management systems and myriad other 21 st-century medical technologies all herald a new era in cutting-edge healthcare. At the same [...]
INTRODUCTION I am humbled and honored by your vote of confidence, and I am immensely proud to accept my charge as the 106th president of the National Medical Association. My warmest and most heartfelt gratitude to all of you.
Our study reveals that the most important factors in choosing a particular internal medicine residency program are similar for all applicants and reflect the program location and characteristics of the program, such as good house staff morale, academic reputation and variety of clinical experiences provided. Although location characteristics are fixed, our study suggests there are [...]
Of the 2,908 students to whom a survey was sent, 88 surveys were returned for insufficient address, resulting in a total of 2,820 surveys presumably received by students. A total of 1,043 students returned completed questionnaires, for a response rate of 37%. Of these respondents, 38 were IMG and were excluded from all analyses. Another [...]
Participants and Study Design We performed a cross-sectional survey of fourth-year medical students applying during the 1999 National Residency Matching Plan (NRMP) in internal medicine. Potential participants were chosen from the lists of all medical students applying for placement in one or more of four internal medicine residency programs, including the University of California-San Francisco, [...]
INTRODUCTION Selection and recruitment of qualified medical school graduates is a major concern of internal medicine residency directors and faculty at teaching institutions. The process of residency program selection is highly competitive, particularly with regard to top-ranked applicants. Highly qualified underrepresent-ed minority (URM) applicants represent an ever-smaller proportion of candidates for residency programs. This is [...]
The principle purpose of the study was to ascertain if there was an association between satisfaction with healthcare, provider cultural competency and participation in healthcare research. Clinical investigators at CUMC were concerned with the low participation of ethnic minorities in healthcare research in the Omaha community, they asked the Office of Health Sciences: Multicultural and [...]
