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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2004; 44:241-245, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2004.05.022
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Working group 3: How to encourage more minorities to choose a career in cardiology

Charles K. Francis, MD, FACC, Chair, Joseph S. Alpert, MD, FACC, Luther T. Clark, MD, FACC, Elizabeth O. Ofili, MBBS, MPH, FACC and Richard C. Wong, MD



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  		Figure 1 Cardiovascular physicians by race/ethnicity (2001–2002). Source: AMA Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S., 2003–2004 edition.

 


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  		Figure 2 Percent of U.S. grade 12 students who are proficient in science by race/ethnicity (1996, 2000). Source: Minority Students in Medical Education, Facts and Figures XII is a publication of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), copyright October 2002. Reprinted with permission of the AAMC.

 


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  		Figure 3 Acceptance rates for underrepresented minorities (URM) and non-URM applicants to medical school, 1974–2001. Source: Minority Students in Medical Education, Facts and Figures XII is a publication of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), copyright October 2002. Reprinted with permission of the AAMC.

 


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  		Figure 4 Race/ethnicity of 2001 matriculants to medical school. Source: Minority Students in Medical Education, Facts and Figures XII is a publication of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), copyright October 2002. Reprinted with permission of the AAMC.

 


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  		Figure 5 Medical school matriculants, 1980–2000 (expressed as a percentage of 1980 matriculants). Source: Minority Students in Medical Education, Facts and Figures XII is a publication of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), copyright October 2002. Reprinted with permission of the AAMC.

 


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  		Figure 6 Black applicants to medical school, 1974–2001. Source: Minority Students in Medical Education, Facts and Figures XII is a publication of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), copyright October 2002. Reprinted with permission of the AAMC.

 


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  		Figure 7 Distribution of U.S. medical school faculty by race/ethnicity, 1980–2001. Source: Minority Students in Medical Education, Facts and Figures XII is a publication of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), copyright October 2002. Reprinted with permission of the AAMC.

 




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