students and graduates. They examined federal, State of California, University of California, Stanford University, and UCSF and Stanford medical school policies, as well as other efforts, affecting diversity from the 1960s through the present. UCSF and Stanford medical schools were early leaders
in attracting and maintaining diverse student bodies, and remain so today. Keys to their success include: Recognizing and mobilizing leadership of many types, including students, faculty, senior administrators, and ac- tivist community members, to advance diversity within and outside their schools. Linking diversity to excellence in meeting the medical
schools’ interrelated missions of education and training, research, patient care, and public or community service. Renewing leadership over time to develop and modify
a mission-driven, multidimensional approach focused on action in eight critical policy areas, including outreach and recruitment; admissions; retention or student sup- port; curriculum reform; student financial aid; campus environment; educational and health care partnerships; and cross cultural education and training. Supporting students over their educational and career continuum to develop diverse physician leaders in pri- mary and specialty patient care, academic medicine, re- search, and public and community service. Making diversity part of the universities’ and medical schools’ strategic plans. At UCSF, those underrepresented in medicine made up
from 20 to 25 percent of entering classes for the great ma- jority of years, beginning in 1969 and continuing through to the present; in five of these years, the percentages ranged from 26 through 31 percent. At Stanford, underrepresented entrants accounted for
20 percent of entering classes for the great majority of years, beginning in 1969 and continuing through to the present; in five of these years, the percentages of under- represented entrants were between 25 and 30 percent. “These institutions offer a roadmap for continued in-
creases in the diversity of medical school populations, but sustained change requires additional actions,” said Patri- cia E. Franks, senior research associate, UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, and co-author of the re- port. “Laws and policies at the federal level, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the state level are driving forces in advancing—or impeding— medical schools’ efforts to in- crease diversity. These include policies in civil rights, health care, health workforce, health professions education, high- er education, and elementary and secondary education. ” “Students also need family, social, and financial support and life experiences that encourage them to apply to and enter medical school,” said Claire D. Brindis, DrPH, direc- tor of the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. “Costs of undergraduate education and medical
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education are rising, along with the associated debt, while the availability of public and private financial aid has not kept pace with the increasing costs.” “Increasing diversity at UC medical schools is a system-
wide priority and one that is in keeping with our responsibil- ity to recruit and prepare future physicians who will meet state needs,” said John Stobo, MD, University of California senior vice president for health sciences and services. “Bol- stered by PRIME, UC has achieved a systemwide level of medical student diversity that is much needed. The UCSF study identifies useful steps to further these important ef- forts.” Each UC medical school has created a “PRogram in Medical Education” (PRIME) that is specifically designed to meet the needs of the medically underserved. Other members of the study team are Kevin Grumbach,
MD, professor and chair, Department of Family and Commu- nity Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine; Mary P. Sutphen, PhD, adjunct assistant professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF School of Nursing; and Nancy Rockafellar, PhD, former director, Oral History Program Department of History, Anthropology and Social Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine.
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