Abstract
The authors examined the expected practice location of first-year medical students at UCLA School of Medicine using self-administered questionnaires. The response rate was 94 percent. About 24 percent of students are from underserved minority groups. Compared with nonminority students, minority students are significantly older, of lower socioeconomic status, and more likely to have been raised in an inner-city or ghetto environment (each P<.05). While the average nonminority student expected to practice in a noninner-city, urban, or suburban environment, the average minority student expected to practice in an inner-city or ghetto environment (P<.0001). Differences in expected practice location due to ethnicity remained after controlling for sociodemographic factors. Students with previous medical experience and those from poorer sociodemographic backgrounds are also more likely to expect to practice in ghetto environments, regardless of ethnic background (each P<.05).
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