Journal article
The influence of income on medical school admissions in Canada: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract
BackgroundThe socioeconomic status of applicants to Canadian medical schools has been understudied in the past two decades. Institutional efforts have been made to address the lack of socioeconomic diversity across Canada during this time. We investigated the income characteristics of medical school applicants, as well as the relationship between applicant income and offer of admission, to characterize the current state of socioeconomic …
Authors
Pitre T; Thomas A; Evans K; Jones A; Mountjoy M; Costa AP
Journal
BMC Medical Education, Vol. 20, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2020
DOI
10.1186/s12909-020-02126-0
ISSN
1472-6920