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Mar 10, 2006
DOES MY DOCTOR UNDERSTAND ME - Diversity and Cultural Literacy in Medical Schools
Who’s getting into medical school? What specialties are hot? And how is cultural literacy taught to medical students? In a remote broadcast from UCLA’s medical school, Larry talks to a panel of medical professionals about medical school and cultural diversity. Panelists include Erin Quinn, Associate Dean of Admissions for USC Keck School of Medicine, Dr. Paula Cifuentes Henderson,Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, Ron Edelstein, EdD, Acting Dean, in the College of Medicine of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and Dr. David Goldstein, Co-founder and Co-Director of the Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics at USC Keck School of Medicine.

Who’s getting into medical school? What specialties are hot? And how is cultural literacy taught to medical students? In a remote broadcast from UCLA’s medical school, Larry talks to a panel of medical professionals about medical school and cultural diversity. Panelists include Erin Quinn, Associate Dean of Admissions for USC Keck School of Medicine, Dr. Paula Cifuentes Henderson,Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, Ron Edelstein, EdD, Acting Dean, in the College of Medicine of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and Dr. David Goldstein, Co-founder and Co-Director of the Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics at USC Keck School of Medicine.

Who’s getting into medical school? What specialties are hot? And how is cultural literacy taught to medical students? In a remote broadcast from UCLA’s medical school, Larry talks to a panel of medical professionals about medical school and cultural diversity. Panelists include Erin Quinn, Associate Dean of Admissions for USC Keck School of Medicine, Dr. Paula Cifuentes Henderson,Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, Ron Edelstein, EdD, Acting Dean, in the College of Medicine of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and Dr. David Goldstein, Co-founder and Co-Director of the Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics at USC Keck School of Medicine.

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