title: Retention of traditional premedical students in a medical career pathway compared with students in a combined baccalaureate-medical degree program.
abstract: This study compared the retention in medical career pathways of students enrolled in a combined baccalaureate-medical degree program to traditional premedical students at Brown University. Whereas 84% of the combined-degree students went on to medical school, only 36% of the traditional premedical students did. Among underrepresented minority students, the proportions were 74% and 39%, respectively. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores accounted for some of the difference, yet even when SAT scores were controlled using a multiple logistic regression model, students enrolled in the combined-degree program were more than eight times as likely to continue in a medical career pathway.
authors.affiliation: Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02912.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001077:Aptitude Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002321:Career Choice; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012237:Rhode Island; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013340:Students, Premedical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires