AspiringDocs.org

An AAMC Campaign to Increase Diversity in Medicine

The faces of our nation's physicians and medical scientists do not reflect our increasingly diverse country. While racial and ethnic minorities make up 25 percent of the United States population, only 12 percent of students graduating from our nation's medical schools are from these groups.

To provide more culturally competent care and improve access to health care, the AAMC is launching an aggressive, research-based outreach campaign to raise awareness of the critical need for more diversity in medicine and to encourage well-prepared African-American, Latino/a, and Native American students to apply to and enroll in medical school.

Spread the Word

We need your help to spread the word about AspiringDocs.org and the importance of increasing diversity in medicine. The following resources are designed to help your institution or organization join the campaign:

Toolkit
Contains ideas, tools, and resources to help you incorporate the AspiringDocs campaign into your minority student outreach and recruitment efforts. We've created fact sheets, print ads, and other promotional materials to get you started.

Promoting AspiringDocs.org on Your Web Site
Choose from a selection of logos and banner ads, or create a text link to AspiringDocs.org.

Call for Stories that Inspire (Word)
The AspiringDocs.org campaign features real-life stories of minority physicians and medical students who have achieved or are achieving their dreams of becoming doctors. What barriers stood in their way, and how did they overcome them? These individuals and their stories are featured on Aspiringdocs.org. Nominate someone today!