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Affirmative action students do well in medicine
Affirmative-action students ad
mitted to a California medical school
with lower grades and test scores
became just as good doctors as the
higher-scoring applicants, research
ers say.
The study, conducted at the Uni
versity of California at Davis, was
undertaken by two UC doctors con
cerned about the recent rollback of
affirmative action in the state uni
versity system.
The authors found no difference
between special admissions students
and regular admissions students in
completing residency training, in
their residency periormance or in
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The special admissions students
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national science examinations taken
in medical school, and had to repeat
the exam more often before passing.
The exam is among three that
doctors must pass to obtain a license.
But the authors concluded that the
UC admissions policy that takes race
and unique skills into account
showed "no evidence of diluting the
quality o f the graduates."
The findings, published in
Wednesday's Journal of the Ameri
can Medical Association, drew quick
fire from opponents of affirmative
action, who said the authors manipu
lated the data to favor minority pref
erences.
The authors, Drs. Robert C.
Davidson and Ernest L. Lew is of the
UC-Davis School of Medicine, ex
amined admissions at the institution
from I968 through I987.
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dency program s.
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special admissions students, com
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