Daily News | How medical schools are considering race after the Supreme Court limited affirmative action in admissions
, Black infants under the care of Black pediatricians were more likely to survive than if their pediatrician was white. Other studies have found that Black physicians are better at evaluating the pain levels of Black patients, and therefore better at prescribing the appropriate dose of medication.
On the very first page, under the heading of biographic information, there are spaces labeled “racial self-identification” and “ethnic self-identification.” Brooks worries that as a result, schools will enroll fewer students from underrepresented populations.To judge from the experience of eight states that have previously banned affirmative action, that prediction may be on target. In 21 medical schools in those states, enrollment from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups dropped from 14.
Still, there are other ways that admissions officers can achieve diversity in their student bodies. The To bolster their applications, students from underrepresented minority groups should be thinking throughout their undergraduate years about how their background informs their desire to become a physician, said Brooks, who left Jefferson in 2017 and now advises medical school applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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