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Aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine
Latinx physician rates are lower than non-Latinx white physicians. Many pathway programs to careers in medicine have been established for underrepresented students, yet few focus on premedical college education or undergraduate pathway programs, which marks a critical junction in the commitment to a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9936991/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36790340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2023.2178368 |
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author | Teherani, Arianne Uwaezuoke, Kelechi Kenny, Jazmine Calderón-Jensen, Connie Magana, Tomás Flores, Katherine Fernandez, Alicia |
author_facet | Teherani, Arianne Uwaezuoke, Kelechi Kenny, Jazmine Calderón-Jensen, Connie Magana, Tomás Flores, Katherine Fernandez, Alicia |
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description | Latinx physician rates are lower than non-Latinx white physicians. Many pathway programs to careers in medicine have been established for underrepresented students, yet few focus on premedical college education or undergraduate pathway programs, which marks a critical junction in the commitment to and preparation for application to medical school. Moreover, little is known about the program components which prepare and support learners. Framed by Swail’s Model for Persistence and Achievement, we characterize how a given program’s components impact support and growth for participating students. Using the process step of the Context, Input, Process, and Product evaluation model, we conducted focus groups at the end of the program, with four cohorts of student participants between 2019 and 2022. Focus groups identified strengths and limitations in content and delivery to improve program effectiveness and plan for the future of a program. We used thematic analysis, following an inductive approach, to analyze data from transcribed focus groups. A total of 66 of 81 (81.5%) students participated in focus groups. Students described that supportive program components include long-term mentorship and advising that builds trust, academic preparation for medical school, early exposure to clinical career exploration, tools to articulate students’ personal narrative, methods to recognize and address challenging situations in the professional environment, community leadership development, and leveraging health policy and advocacy to empower students to create systems change within communities. Our findings affirm and provide a needed account of program components known to be contributors to student success in undergraduate pathway programs. Our evaluation also characterizes additional supportive processes not discussed elsewhere. Our findings contribute to knowledge about development and implementation of undergraduate pathway programs and the components by which these programs create opportunities for success among underrepresented students aspiring to careers in medicine. |
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spelling | pubmed-99369912023-02-18 Aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine Teherani, Arianne Uwaezuoke, Kelechi Kenny, Jazmine Calderón-Jensen, Connie Magana, Tomás Flores, Katherine Fernandez, Alicia Med Educ Online Research Article Latinx physician rates are lower than non-Latinx white physicians. Many pathway programs to careers in medicine have been established for underrepresented students, yet few focus on premedical college education or undergraduate pathway programs, which marks a critical junction in the commitment to and preparation for application to medical school. Moreover, little is known about the program components which prepare and support learners. Framed by Swail’s Model for Persistence and Achievement, we characterize how a given program’s components impact support and growth for participating students. Using the process step of the Context, Input, Process, and Product evaluation model, we conducted focus groups at the end of the program, with four cohorts of student participants between 2019 and 2022. Focus groups identified strengths and limitations in content and delivery to improve program effectiveness and plan for the future of a program. We used thematic analysis, following an inductive approach, to analyze data from transcribed focus groups. A total of 66 of 81 (81.5%) students participated in focus groups. Students described that supportive program components include long-term mentorship and advising that builds trust, academic preparation for medical school, early exposure to clinical career exploration, tools to articulate students’ personal narrative, methods to recognize and address challenging situations in the professional environment, community leadership development, and leveraging health policy and advocacy to empower students to create systems change within communities. Our findings affirm and provide a needed account of program components known to be contributors to student success in undergraduate pathway programs. Our evaluation also characterizes additional supportive processes not discussed elsewhere. Our findings contribute to knowledge about development and implementation of undergraduate pathway programs and the components by which these programs create opportunities for success among underrepresented students aspiring to careers in medicine. Taylor & Francis 2023-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9936991/ /pubmed/36790340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2023.2178368 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Teherani, Arianne Uwaezuoke, Kelechi Kenny, Jazmine Calderón-Jensen, Connie Magana, Tomás Flores, Katherine Fernandez, Alicia Aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine |
title | Aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine |
title_full | Aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine |
title_fullStr | Aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine |
title_full_unstemmed | Aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine |
title_short | Aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine |
title_sort | aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9936991/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36790340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2023.2178368 |
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