Health professions school applicant experiences of discrimination during interviews.

Background: Bias pervades every aspect of healthcare including admissions, perpetuating the lack of diversity in the healthcare workforce. Admissions interviews may be a time when applicants to health profession education programs experience discrimination.

Methods: Between January and June 2021 we invited US and Canadian applicants to health profession education programs to complete a survey including the Everyday Discrimination Scale, adapted to ascertain experiences of discrimination during admissions interviews.

US Medical School Applicant Experiences of Bias on the Interview Trail.

Background: U.S. medical schools have been unsuccessful in creating a diverse physician workforce.

Commentary: criminal background checks for entering medical students: history, current issues, and future considerations.

In this commentary, the authors aim to contextualize the history and rationale for what has become the Association of American Medical Colleges-facilitated criminal background check process for entering medical students. As the process was being considered, many issues with a standardized process were identified. There were concerns that demographic or socioeconomic factors might unfairly burden certain applicants or discourage them from applying to medical school.

Termination from Medicaid: how does it affect access, continuity of care, and willingness to purchase insurance?

Welfare reform has raised fears that Medicaid recipients will lose coverage, yet efforts to insure the poor via waiver programs may fall short. A telephone sample of 351 enrolled and terminated members of a Medicaid managed care plan based in community health centers were asked about insurance status, source of care, willingness to purchase new insurance, and access. Of terminated families, 78 percent had one member without insurance, 93 percent retained a regular source of care (vs.