Saturday Morning Science programs: a model to increase diversity in the biosciences.
Purpose: To examine a pathway program for middle and high school students from underrepresented backgrounds designed to foster career interest in the biomedical sciences. In 2002, the Institute of Medicine released a report entitled Unequal Treatment, which examined the racial and ethnic disparities...
| Published in: | Journal of the National Medical Association Vol. 104; no. 7-8; pp. 377 - 384 |
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Elsevier B.V.
2012 Jul-Aug
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