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Only 5% of UK medical school entrants are working class, data shows

The Guardian - Higher Education

Sutton Trust says underrepresentation of poorer students is outrageous but number has doubled in 10 years to 2022 Students from working class backgrounds still only make up 5% of entrants to medical schools across the UK, a proportion that has doubled over the past decade, analysis has found.

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Diversity Improves Among Medical School Applicants

Insight Into Diversity

As medical school applications return to pre-pandemic levels, greater numbers of women, Black, and Hispanic applicants continue to matriculate into these institutions, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The number of students identifying as Native American and Alaska Native decreased by 9 percent.

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The ruling sent medical schools across the nation scrambling to adjust admission standards to abide by the new law of the land. These barriers [to entry] manifest early, prior to even applying to medical school,” says Faiz. Roughly half of the UC Davis School of Medicine’s class of 2026 represent minoritized populations.

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Harvard Medical School to Add Climate Change to Curriculum

Insight Into Diversity

A committee at Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently voted to integrate climate change into the curriculum for MD students. These topics will be embedded through a student’s medical education to help enhance the care they are able to provide to future patients who have been impacted by climate change.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Throughout 2022, Ball State University has made significant progress on its five-year Inclusive Excellence Plan, which aims to advance broad DEI goals across the university, including campus culture, policies and infrastructure, and recruitment and retention. Strategic Plans + Climate Survey = Inclusive Excellence — Ball State University.

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Veteran Healers

Insight Into Diversity

Medical School and Veterans Affairs Partnerships Advance Research, Innovation Since the end of World War II, when an overwhelming number of veterans returned from deployment in need of care, the U.S. Nearly 70 percent of all physicians have trained with the VA in at least one of its 170 medical centers.

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Philley to Become the Next UT Tyler President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She played an instrumental role in launching the UT Tyler School of Medicine, the UT System’s seventh medical school. In 2020, she was named as a board member of the East Texas Medical Center Foundation.