Effect of an Intensive Educational Program for Minority College Students and Recent Graduates on the Probability of Acceptance to Medical School

摘要: Context.—Increasing the number of minority physicians is a long-standing goal of professional associations and government.Objective.—To determine effectiveness an intensive summer educational program for college students recent graduates on probability acceptance to medical school.Design.—Nonconcurrent prospective cohort study based data from school applications, Medical College Admission Tests, Association American Medical Colleges Student Applicant Information Management System.Setting.—Eight US schools or consortia schools.Participants.—Underrepresented (black, Mexican American, mainland Puerto Rican, American Indian) applicants to allopathic in 1997 (N=3830), 1996 (N=4654), 1992 (N=3447).Intervention.—The Minority Education Program (MMEP), 6-week, residential summer program focused training in sciences improvement of writing, verbal reasoning, studying, test taking, presentation skills.Main Outcome Measure.—Probability acceptance at least 1 school.Results.—In 1997 school application cohort, 223 (49.3%) 452 MMEP participants were accepted compared with 1406 (41.6%) 3378 nonparticipants (P=.002). Positive significant effects were also found (P=.01) (P=.005) cohorts multivariate analysis after adjusting for nonprogrammatic factors likely influence (P<.001). effects observed who participated in MMEP early as well those participated later among those relatively high low grades scores.Conclusions.—The enhanced among its participants. Intensive education strategy that may help improve diversity physician workforce.