Journal article
Calling for a Broader Conceptualization of Diversity
Abstract
PURPOSE: Policy groups recommend monitoring and supporting more diversity among medical students and the medical workforce. In Canada, few data are available regarding the diversity of medical students, which poses challenges for policy development and evaluation. The authors examine diversity through a framework of surface (visible) and deep (less visible) dimensions and present data regarding a sample of Canadian medical students.
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Authors
Young ME; Razack S; Hanson MD; Slade S; Varpio L; Dore KL; McKnight D
Journal
Academic Medicine, Vol. 87, No. 11, pp. 1501–1510
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
November 2012
DOI
10.1097/acm.0b013e31826daf74
ISSN
1040-2446