Journal article
Admissions experiences of aspiring physicians from low‐income backgrounds
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Students from low-income backgrounds (LIB) have been under-represented in Canadian medical schools for over fifty years. Despite our awareness of this problem, little is known about the experiences of aspiring physicians from LIB in Canada who are working towards medical school admission. Consequently, we have little insight into the barriers and facilitators that may be used to increase the representation of students from LIB in …
Authors
De Freitas C; Buckley R; Klimo R; Daniel JM; Mountjoy M; Vanstone M
Journal
Medical Education, Vol. 55, No. 7, pp. 840–849
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 2021
DOI
10.1111/medu.14462
ISSN
0308-0110