Knopke H J, Northrup R S, Hartman J A
JAMA. 1986 Nov 14;256(18):2548-51. doi: 10.1001/jama.256.18.2548.
To address physician maldistribution in Alabama and the Southeast region. The University of Alabama established the Biomedical Sciences Preparation Program (BioPrep) in five rural high schools. Its purpose is to help rural, disadvantaged high school students develop academically and socially so that they will be motivated and able to enroll in and progress successfully through college, specifically in pre-health professional curricula. It aims to develop their desire to return eventually to rural areas of Alabama as professionals. Project students are compared with two control groups. Performance on the American College Testing Program college entrance examination revealed significantly higher achievement by the project students. The project students also chose professional careers earlier and more frequently than matched high school students not receiving this special program, but similar to medical students and premedical students. The implications of the project for increasing the size of the rural, disadvantaged student applicant pool are discussed.
为了解决阿拉巴马州及东南部地区医生分布不均的问题，阿拉巴马大学在五所农村高中设立了生物医学科学预备项目（BioPrep）。其目的是帮助农村贫困高中生在学业和社交方面得到发展，使他们有动力并能够进入大学并顺利完成学业，特别是在健康预科专业课程方面。该项目旨在培养他们最终作为专业人士回到阿拉巴马州农村地区的愿望。将项目学生与两个对照组进行比较。美国大学考试项目高考成绩显示，项目学生的成绩明显更高。与未接受该特殊项目的匹配高中生相比，项目学生也更早且更频繁地选择了职业，但与医学生和医学预科生情况类似。文中还讨论了该项目对于增加农村贫困学生申请人数量的意义。
