Where Are Future Doctors Who Southern Rural African Americans Will Trust? A Look Back into Rural Medical Scholars Data

Enthusiasm among preprofessional students and academic success through the master's degree program but so few accessing medical education was the major finding, matching Association of American Medical Colleges' data showing fewer than 0.01% of US medical students are rural African Americans. Interventions beyond recruitment are needed to involve African American students in rural medicine programs to produce culturally concordant physicians whom their communities can trust.