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The Minority Medical Education Program

January 1, 2000 | Book

This program provides a summer enrichment experience for minority college students who possess the academic qualifications that would gain entrance to medical school.

Eniola Mudasiru, Minority Medical Education Program, 2001

April 17, 2006 | Story

Once she completes her residency in one of several internal medicine sub-specialties she is considering, Mudasiru would like to practice both here and in her native country.

Walter Conwell, Minority Medical Education Program, 2002

March 30, 2007 | Story

It wasn't until he was a high school senior, working as an intern for the U.S. Steel Corp., that Conwell met an African-American physician - a meeting that had a profound impact. "One of my motto

Life-Long Dream Comes True for Medical Student

May 23, 2012 | Story

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-sponsored summer program is helping to increase ranks of minority doctors.

ExploreHealthCareers.org Gets an Upgrade

December 1, 2011 | Program Result

The American Dental Education Association updated ExploreHealthCareers.org, an interactive website designed to provide low-income and minority students with information about a wide range of health careers.

Summer Medical and Dental Education Program

August 19, 2011 | Program Result

The Summer Medical and Dental Education Program helps undergraduates from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds compete for medical and dental school admission. This is a look at the program and its results as it passes the 20-year mark.

Shannon Wiegand, Minority Medical Education Program, 1989

July 27, 2011 | Story

Growing up in Alaska, she knew no female physicians, no Native American physicians and no physicians of color. "You don't know what you can do until you're exposed to the possibility," she says.

Valerie Cordero, Minority Medical Education Program, 1996

July 27, 2011 | Story

Just being in a medically oriented academic environment with people from a wide variety of backgrounds was valuable, Cordero says. "For me, it was like Wow - there are some Native Americans who are doctors."

Building Bridges, Making Connections

April 18, 2011 | Video/Story

Diversity in the health care workforce is a guiding principle of all Foundation programs.

Effect of an Intensive Educational Program for Minority College Students and Recent Graduates on the Probability of Acceptance to Medical School

September 2, 1998 | Journal Article

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Minority Medical Education Program (MMEP), a large, eight-site program that seeks to improve the medical school acceptance rate of its participants.

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