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Study finds benefits to diverse medical student body

Study finds benefits to diverse medical student body
September 09, 2008

Students who attend racially and ethnically diverse medical schools say they are more prepared to care for patients in a diverse society, according to a survey reported in the Sept. 10 Journal of the American Medical Association. In the survey of more than 20,000 graduating medical students, white students who attend racially diverse medical schools said they felt better prepared than students at less diverse schools to care for racial and ethnic minority patients. They also were more likely to endorse access to adequate health care as a right. However, the researchers found no association between the diversity of a medical school and whether white students intended to provide care in underserved areas.