APPLIED RESEARCH: Reflecting the Relative Values of Community, Faculty, and Students in the Admissions Tools of Medical School

BACKGROUND: In defining the characteristics of medical students that society and the medical profession find desirable, little effort has been spent assessing the relative value of the dozens of characteristics that have been identified. Furthermore, many institutions go to great lengths to ensure equal representation across stakeholder groups in an effort to maximize the heterogeneity of the pool of students accepted to study medicine; …