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. 2022 Nov;37(14):3762-3765.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07458-9. Epub 2022 May 31.

Association of Sex and Ethnoracial Identities with Attrition from Medical School

Mytien Nguyen  1 , Jeremiah Cross  2 , Sarwat I Chaudhry  3 , Dervin Cunningham  4 , Mayur M Desai  5 , Hyacinth R C Mason  6 , Dowin Boatright  7
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Association of Sex and Ethnoracial Identities with Attrition from Medical School

Mytien Nguyen et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Nov.
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Medical school attrition by sex and ethnoracial identity. (A) Attrition rate for male (orange) and female (gray) students by race/ethnicity for matriculants to medical school between 2014–2015 and 2015–2016, and ratios of male to female attrition rates. (B) Unadjusted odds of attrition with 95% confidence interval. (C) Adjusted odds of attrition with 95% confidence interval, adjusted for students’ first-attempt MCAT scores, age at matriculation, and first-generation college graduate status.
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