Project 3000 by 2000 -- Racial and Ethnic Diversity in U.S. Medical Schools

Abstract

Only 30 years ago, 93 percent of medical students in the United States were men, and 97 percent were non-Hispanic whites. Today, the profile of U.S. medical students has changed dramatically. Forty percent of the 67,000 students in the nation's 126 allopathic medical schools are women, and 31 percent belong to racial or ethnic minority groups. Producing a physician work force that draws on the knowledge and skills of people from all segments of our society has long been a key element of this country's health-manpower policies¹ as well as those of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)². . . .