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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Med. 2014 Jan;89(1):37–42. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000047

Table 1.

Health Care Professions Majors and Careers Chosen by Graduates of the West Virginia Health Sciences and Technology Academy, 1997–2011

Major/Career* All graduates African American graduates
Medicine and pre-med (MD, DO) 38 8
Medicine, non-MD (physician assistant, nurse practitioner, etc.) 10 1
Dentistry 7 2
Nursing 192 33
Pharmacy 25 4
Rehabilitative care (physical therapy, occupational therapy, sports medicine, etc.) 65 16
Patient care, other (medical assistant, respiratory therapy, etc.) 51 9
Public and community health 5 2
Health care administration 8 2
Mental health care 65 31
Radiology and related 26 5
Allied health care (speech pathology, audiology, etc.) 27 4
Research and pre-health care professional (biomedical science, biology, chemistry, etc.) 61 39
*

Health professions degrees include associates degrees and professional degrees.