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The AAMC defines “underrepresented in medicine” (UIM) as: “racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population.” 1 Previously, the AAMC used the term “underrepresented minority,” which referred to Black, Mexican-American, Native American (American ...
The AAMC’s narrow focus on 4 racial and ethnic identities defining of URM, though accepted at that time, risked marginalizing applicants minoritized due to socioeconomic status, disability, rural background, or identifying as a sexual or gender minority.
16 lis 2012 · To assess how U.S. academic health centers (AHCs) define the term underrepresented minority (URM) and apply it to their diversity programs, following the 2003 revision of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC’s) definition of URM.
14 cze 2024 · The AAMC defines diversity broadly to include all aspects of human differences including but not limited to socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, geography (including rural and highly rural areas), disability, and age.
6 kwi 2022 · According to the AAMC definition, underrepresented in medicine (URM) status refers to persons identifying as Black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or...
The shortage of physicians who are underrepresented in medicine (URM) was a consequence of structural factors that contributed to the marginalization of Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous people, including exclusion from participation in medical education and careers in medicine.
