Med Schools Enrolled a More Diverse Class in 2023

Native Americans and Alaskan Natives are far, far more likely than any other ethnic or racial group to practice primary medicine on Native American reservations than any other ethnic group and they enter IHS residency training programs at far higher rate than any other racial or ethnic group.

American Indian and Alaska Native physicians are predominantly practicing in the fields of family medicine, pain medicine, and preventive medicine.

Both D1 and D2 had several med school classmates who were enrolled members of their Native American tribes. Every single one of those classmates now practice on or close to the reservation they grew up on.

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