Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity at the University of Utah Physician Assistant Program.
Background and Objectives: Among the oldest in the nation, the University of Utah Physician Assistant Program (UPAP) serves the state of Utah and surrounding areas and is a division of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. Recognizing the need to produce health care providers from divers...
| Publicado en: | Family Medicine Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 372 - 376 |
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Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
May2021
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