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Forging a path towards diversity in medicine

Community of Support program and Black Candidate Pathway celebrate their first year with a 400 percent increase in incoming Black medical students
Ā鶹AV Reporter Staff | 12 Oct 2022

Ā鶹AV has a reputation asĀ . It is no surprise that admission is extremely competitive, with an acceptance rate of approximately five percent every year.

One of the most underrepresented groups in medicine is the Black community. Systematic racism and discrimination have stacked the odds against prospective Black students, who have historically made up less than two percent of students admitted into Ā鶹AVā€™s medical school.

ā€œWhen I was younger and thought about working in medicineā€¦ I didnā€™t think it was possible. You just didnā€™t see doctors who looked like me,ā€ recalled Victoire KpadĆ©, who graduated from Ā鶹AVā€™s medical program in the spring.

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Scienceā€™sĀ Social Accountability and Community Engagement (SACE)Ā Office is working on increasing that number through the creation of theĀ Community of SupportĀ program and theĀ Ā鶹AV Black Candidate Pathway.

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