Association Between the Liaison Committee on Medical Education's Diversity Standards and Changes in Percentage of Medical Student Sex, Race, and Ethnicity

Dowin H Boatright; Elizabeth A Samuels; Laura Cramer; Jeremiah Cross; Mayur Desai; Darin Latimore; Cary P Gross

doi:10.1001/jama.2018.13705

Association Between the Liaison Committee on Medical Education's Diversity Standards and Changes in Percentage of Medical Student Sex, Race, and Ethnicity

JAMA. 2018 Dec 4;320(21):2267-2269. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.13705.

Authors

Dowin H Boatright¹, Elizabeth A Samuels², Laura Cramer³, Jeremiah Cross⁴, Mayur Desai⁵, Darin Latimore⁴, Cary P Gross⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁵ Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁶ Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Abstract

This study examines the change in matriculant sex, race, and ethnicity in US medical schools after the 2009 implementation of diversity standards from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) meant to broaden diversity among qualified applicants.

MeSH terms

Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Racial Groups / statistics & numerical data*
Sex Distribution
Students, Medical / statistics & numerical data*
United States