Academic Medicine, Vol. 92, No. 3/March 2017 366 the OSUCOM admissions committee
members. The results were coded only to gender and student versus faculty status. The …

The National Postbaccalaureate Collaborative (NPBC) is a partnership of Postbaccalaureate
Programs (PBPs) dedicated to helping promising college graduates from disadvantaged …

This study sought to determine the academic and professional outcomes of medical school
graduates who failed the United States Licensing Examination Step 1 on the first attempt. …

Abstract: The relative lack of diversity in medicine is a rate limiting factor in efforts to eliminate
health care disparities. Many medical schools struggle to matriculate student bodies that …

Background Although psychometrically sound pain assessment tools are available, there is
a paucity of research that comprehensively defines chronic pain from the perspective of …

There is a critical need for enhanced health-professions workforce diversity to drive excellence
and to improve access to quality care for vulnerable and underserved populations. In the …

Background: Low rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening persist due to individual, provider,
and system level barriers. Purpose: To develop and obtain initial feedback about a CRC …

Purpose The authors sought to identify variables independently associated with full-time
faculty appointment among recent medical graduates. Method With institutional review board …

Purpose To examine the relationship between experiences of discrimination, institutional
responses to seminal race events, and depressive symptoms among Black medical students. …

Purpose Multiple publications describe short-term and intermediate outcomes of premedical
postbaccalaureate programs (PBPs). However, the authors could find no control group …