title: A minority recruitment and retention model for a Department of Medical Allied Health Professions.
abstract: A model for the recruitment and retention of minority students for a department of medical allied health professionals has been developed. The model includes four major components: recruitment, admissions, support systems, and career realization. Suggestions for implementation and coordination of model activities revolve around the services of a minority student advocate whose job description is provided. Specific criteria for evaluation and the time table for implementation of the model are suggested. The model has implications for improving the potential for a positive experience for minority allied health students who apply to and enroll in majority campuses of higher education.
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009657:North Carolina; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000523:psychology