Table 4.
Comparison of Premedical Postbaccalaureate Program (PBP) Participants and Non-PBP Participants Across Rabinowitz Predictors.
| Number of Rabinowitz predictors | PBP participants No. (% of 209) |
Non-PBP participants No. (% of 251) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Are you a member of an underserved ethnic or minority group† |
≤ .001 | ||
| Yes | 155 (74.2) | 24 (9.6) | |
| No | 54 (25.8) | 227 (90.4) | |
| TOTAL | 209 (100) | 251 (100) | |
| Did you grow up in an inner-city or rural area? |
≤ .001 | ||
| Yes | 132 (63.8) | 97 (38.6) | |
| No | 75 (36.2) | 152 (60.6) | |
| Did not answer | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.8) | |
| TOTAL | 209 (100) | 251 (100) | |
| Did you participate in the National Health Service Corps? |
≤ .01 | ||
| Yes | 24 (11.5) | 9 (3.6) | |
| No | 185 (88.5) | 240 (96.4) | |
| Did not answer | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | |
| TOTAL | 209 (100) | 251 (100) | |
| Did you have a strong interest in underserved practice prior to medical school? |
≤ .001 | ||
| Yes | 156 (74.6) | 96 (38.6) | |
| No | 53 (25.4) | 153 (61.4) | |
| Did not answer | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | |
| TOTAL | 209 (100) | 251 (100) |
Note:
†
Black/African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latino or combination of these races/ethnicities.