The Achievement Gap Between Minority And Nonminority Video
Education Gaps The Achievement Gap Between Minority And Nonminority
The achievement gap is a disparity in academic and standardized test performance that exists between White and underrepresented minority URM students that begins as early as preschool and worsens as students progress through the educational system.
Medical education is not immune to this inequality. URM medical students are more likely to experience delayed graduation and course failure, even after accounting for science grade point average and Medical College Admission Test performance.
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Moreover, URM students are more likely to earn lower scores on licensing examinations, which can have a significant impact on their Nknminority trajectory, including specialty choice and residency competitiveness. Holistic admissions are a step in the right direction of acknowledging that URM students often travel a further distance to reach medical school. However, when residency programs emphasize USMLE performance or any standardized test score despite persistent test score gaps, medical education contributes to the disproportionate harm URM students face and bolsters segregation across medical specialties. This Perspective provides a brief explanation of the achievement gap, its psychological consequences, and its consequences in medical education; discusses the potential effect of the Step 1 scoring change on URM medical The Achievement Gap Between Minority And Nonminority and provides a review of strategies to redress this disparity.
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