Episode 3: Medical School Admissions as a Pathway to Narrowing Diversity in the Medical Profession

The author(s)

Sydney Feldman

Guest(s)

Dr. Robert Roswell

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Podcast Overview

Historically, medical school admissions have been centered on a few pillars of “academic success”: MCAT scores, GPAs, and interviews. However, this long-standing tradition is beginning to change—removing the emphasis on these pillars of success that disadvantage those without access, and instead reframing the process to be centered on “humanism.”4

In this third podcast episode, I am joined once again by Dr. Robert Roswell, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Barbara & Donald Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University, an associate professor of cardiology and science education, and a practicing cardiologist. Dr. Roswell also spoke with me in the second episode, focusing on physician discrimination.

Our conversation focuses on the evolving medical school admissions process, some of the ways that institutions are restructuring the applicant review process to make it more accessible, and the implementation of tools to remove implicit biases from admissions.