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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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New medical schools: the story so far

HEPI

In September, HEPI, with support from the University of Sunderland, hosted a roundtable dinner on the future of medical education in the UK. In 2018, he announced that five new medical schools would be created, targeting regions where doctors were hard to recruit and where health inequalities were high.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Gifts Over $600M to Historically Black Medical Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bloomberg has committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools. Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science will benefit from the gift by the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative.

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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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Ontario to bar international medical students

The PIE News

“Starting from the fall of 2026, all Ontario medical schools will be required to allocate at least 95% of all undergraduate seats to residents of Ontario, with the other 5% reserved for students from the rest of Canada,” said Ford in a press briefing on October 25. So we can recruit them globally but not educate 0.26% here?”

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Medical School Enrollment Shows Mixed Trends as Diversity Numbers Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Medical schools across the United States are facing new challenges in maintaining student diversity, according to data released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). We are encouraged by the increase in first-time applicants to medical school," said AAMC president and CEO Dr. David J.

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Tackling class barriers to medical school | Letters

The Guardian - Higher Education

Broad descriptors of class fail to capture the full picture of underrepresentation, writes Dr Katie Petty-Saphon , while Dr Carl Darby says working-class grit is a useful quality in the NHS Medical schools believe that individuals with the potential to make a good doctor should be given the opportunity to do so, regardless of their background.