Bediako M R, McDermott B A, Bleich M E, Colliver J A
Ventures in Education, New York, New York 10016, USA.
Acad Med. 1996 Feb;71(2):190-2. doi: 10.1097/00001888-199602000-00029.
Ventures in Education is an independent, nonprofit educational organization established by the Josiah H. Macy, Jr. Foundation to improve the academic achievement of minority and economically disadvantaged students, particularly in science and mathematics. One specific objective has been to increase the number of students who enter schools of the health professions, in particular schools of medicine, which was the focus of this study.
A search was conducted of the Association of American Medical Colleges' (AAMC's) Student and Applicant Information Management System database, to determine whether any of the 981 graduates in the first five Venture classes (1985 to 1989) of the original five New York City high schools in the program had pursued medical education.
The search located 160 of the 981 Ventures graduates, and, of those, 136 had taken the Medical College Admission Test (13.9%), 109 (11.1%) has applied to medical school, 75 (7.6%) had been accepted, and 72 (7.3%) had matriculated into medical school. All of these percentages were significantly higher than the corresponding percentages for the general population.
The findings have important implications for the AAMC's Project 3000 by 2000, showing that a rigorous academic curriculum with resources for individualized attention can facilitate the entry of minority and economically disadvantage students into medical education, with at least 7.3% of the Ventures graduates entering medical school and nearly 70% of those applying subsequently being accepted.
教育创新组织是一家独立的非营利性教育机构，由小约西亚·H·梅西基金会创立，旨在提高少数族裔和经济弱势学生的学业成绩，尤其是在科学和数学方面。一个具体目标是增加进入健康专业院校，特别是医学院校的学生数量，这也是本研究的重点。
对美国医学院协会（AAMC）的学生和申请人信息管理系统数据库进行了搜索，以确定该项目最初在纽约市的五所高中的前五期教育创新班（1985年至1989年）的981名毕业生中，是否有任何人接受过医学教育。
搜索找到了981名教育创新班毕业生中的160人，其中136人参加了医学院入学考试（13.9%），109人（11.1%）申请了医学院，75人（7.6%）被录取，72人（7.3%）进入了医学院。所有这些百分比均显著高于普通人群的相应百分比。
这些发现对AAMC的“到2000年实现3000计划”具有重要意义，表明严格的学术课程以及提供个性化关注的资源可以促进少数族裔和经济弱势学生进入医学教育领域，至少7.3%的教育创新班毕业生进入了医学院，且申请的学生中近70%随后被录取。
