Healio (12/19, Southall) reports, “First-generation medical students reported experiencing increased adversity with inadequate institutional support during undergraduate medical training, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.” Specifically, the “results showed four common themes experienced by first-generation students, including: isolation and exclusion associated with being new to the field of medicine; difficulty with access to basic resources, such as food, rent and transportation; an overall lack of faculty or institutional support to address these challenges; and an overall sense of needing to rely on grit and resilience to survive.”
Related Links:
— “Structural change needed to retain next generation of diverse, first-generation physicians,” Jennifer R. Southall, Healio, December 19, 2023