Helm E G, Prieto D O, Sedlacek W E
Louisiana State University School of Medicine-New Orleans 70112-1393, USA.
J Natl Med Assoc. 1997 Sep;89(9):601-5.
The Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Medicine-New Orleans has been active in recruiting minority students to create a diverse medical student body. Recognizing the need to explore ways to assess minority applicants, over the past 10 years, LSU has offered Stimulated Minority Admissions Exercise (SMAE) workshops to its admission committee members. Participants in six of LSU's SMAE workshops were asked to respond anonymously to an evaluation form immediately following the workshop. Sixty of the 64 participants responded. The overall evaluation of the workshops was positive. More than 80% of participants indicated that due to their participation in SMAE, they knew how to locate and assess application data particularly relevant to minority applicants. The results suggest that identifying variables that enhance minority student admission and retention is desirable.
路易斯安那州立大学（LSU）新奥尔良医学院一直积极招募少数族裔学生，以打造多元化的医学生群体。意识到有必要探索评估少数族裔申请者的方法，在过去10年里，LSU为其招生委员会成员提供了模拟少数族裔招生练习（SMAE）研讨会。LSU的六次SMAE研讨会的参与者在研讨会结束后被要求立即匿名填写一份评估表。64名参与者中有60人做出了回应。对这些研讨会的总体评价是积极的。超过80%的参与者表示，由于他们参与了SMAE，他们知道如何查找和评估与少数族裔申请者特别相关的申请数据。结果表明，确定能够提高少数族裔学生录取率和留校率的变量是很有必要的。
