Diversity in Medical Education
February 26, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A report from the Association of American Medical Colleges documents an overall trend toward increased diversity among students applying to medical school.
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Alfred O. Berg, MD, MPH
January 24, 2013 | Story
Alfred Berg is an associate editor of Journal of the American Board of Family Practice and chairs the US Preventive Services Task Force of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
Meet the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
January 21, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
This is part of a series introducing programs in the RWJF Human Capital Portfolio.
Examining the Usefulness of Engrained Practices: Re-Imagining the Application Process
December 19, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The RWJF Diversity Matters Podcast Series features host Jacinta Gauda in conversation with leaders and subject matter experts on practical ways to support diversity and inclusion.
Nation’s Primary Care Doctors May Confront More Debt, Lower Wages, Studies Find
December 5, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Two new studies show the nation’s younger primary care physicians may find it hard to recover from their medical school debt.
Med School Enrollment Shows Promise for Easing Physician Shortage
October 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
New data from the Association of American Medical Colleges finds a 3.1 percent increase in the number of students applying to medical school in 2012.
SMDEP Alum Pays It Forward with the Tour for Diversity in Medicine
October 10, 2012 | Story
Two young physicians challenge disparities by leading a program that helps underrepresented students become health care professionals.
Mount Sinai Creates Department of Family Medicine to Encourage Primary Care
September 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Many elite medical schools — Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Yale, among them — have no departments of family medicine to train students who want to specialize in primary care.
Project L/EARN: Graduates Reflect
September 11, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This is part of a series where scholars who completed the program discuss the experience.
Project L/EARN: Graduates Reflect
September 5, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
HCB: Would you recommend Project L/EARN to others and why? Jimenez: I would recommend Project L/EARN to others because it challenges you to get out of your comfort zone and master something that you fear. For example, I had a fear [of] public speaki ...