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Where Are Future Doctors Who Southern Rural African Americans Will Trust? A Look Back into Rural Medical Scholars Data

Objectives: African Americans’ distrust of institutions extends to southern US rural communities, limiting their use of healthcare resources. Local physicians are scarce, and treatable diseases accumulate. These communities want local doctors they can trust, consistent with research promoting culturally concordant doctor–patient relationships. African American student inclusion was a priority of…

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Improving Underrepresented Minority in Medicine Representation in Medical School

Objectives: Despite the efforts of various leading organizations in medical education, representation of black students in US medical schools has declined since the mid-1990s. The Florida State University College of Medicine (FSUCOM) has undertaken efforts to increase black and other underrepresented minority in medicine (URMM) representation in medical school through…

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