Medical students from historically underrepresented groups face an attrition rate that is more than three times higher than that of other students, according to a recent study in JAMA Network Open.
“Diversity in the medical workforce is critical to improve health care access and achieve equity for resource-limited communities,” Mytien Nguyen, MS, an MD/PhD student at Yale University School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote. “The findings highlight a need to retain students from marginalized groups in medical school.”
In a retrospective cohort study, the researchers