申请人人口因素与医学院录取的关联
Michael A Perez1, Cheyenne Williams2, Korey Henderson3
1Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US.
BMC medical education
|December 15, 2023
概括
医学院的录取有利于医学中代表性不足 (UiM) 的申请人,但不支持低收入或第一代学生,尽管进行了整体审查. 进一步的准备可能有助于多样化.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
- 招生 研究 研究 研究 研究
背景情况:
- 美国的医学院录取率显示,在医学中代表性不足 (UiM) 的申请者中存在差异.
- 在UiM和非UiM群体之间的录取率差距正在缩小.
- 接受与家庭收入或父母教育之间的关联研究较少.
研究的目的:
- 评估医学院录取与家庭收入,父母教育,种族/民族背景,GPA,MCAT成绩和课外活动之间的关系.
- 分析不同申请人群体影响医学院录取的因素.
主要方法:
- 美国医学院首次申请者 (2017-2020) 的横截面研究.
- 计算了第一代 (FG),低收入 (LI) 和UIM申请人的录取率.
- 使用回归分析来评估验收和申请人属性之间的关联,包括相互作用术语.
主要成果:
- 总体录取率为45.3%;FG (37.9%),LI (39.6%) 和UiM (44.2%) 的申请人在单变量分析中具有较低的录取率.
- 多变量回归表明接受与科学GPA和MCAT得分密切相关.
- UiM状态与录取有积极的关联 (OR:5.56),而LI状态在包括互动条款时显示出负面的关联.
结论:
- 医学院招生可以利用整体审查,因为UiM的申请人在控制MCAT和GPA时表现出有利的接受率.
- 对于低收入和第一代申请人来说,没有观察到接受的积极关联.
- 对于LI和FG组来说,可能需要为大学和MCAT做额外的准备,以增强医疗专业的多样性.
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