Davis J A, Davidson C P
J Med Educ. 1982 Jul;57(7):527-34.
Recognizing the need for adequate representation of minorities in the health field, many professional schools initiated special recruitment efforts to attract minority students and developed programs to provide academic enrichment. Between 1971 and 1977, 480 black and Hispanic high school students from four inner-city schools in Los Angeles participated in the Med-COR Program (Medical Counseling, Organizing, and Recruiting) at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. The program was designed to increase the number of minority health professionals by offering enriched courses in the sciences and field experience in hospitals and laboratories. The positive results of a follow-up of 480 Med-COR students support the rationale that the number of minority health professionals can be increased by high school recruitment programs.
认识到少数族裔在健康领域需要有足够的代表性，许多专业院校启动了特别的招生工作来吸引少数族裔学生，并制定了项目来提供学业强化。1971年至1977年间，来自洛杉矶四所市中心学校的480名黑人和西班牙裔高中生参加了南加州大学医学院的医学咨询、组织与招生（Med-COR）项目。该项目旨在通过提供丰富的科学课程以及医院和实验室的实地经验，增加少数族裔健康专业人员的数量。对480名Med-COR学生的后续跟踪的积极结果支持了这样一种基本原理，即通过高中招生项目可以增加少数族裔健康专业人员的数量。
