Compounded Challenges: The Impact of Race and Disability on Leave of Absence and Time to Graduation During Undergraduate Medical Education
URiM MSWD faced disproportionately heightened risks for academic disruptions in the form of LOA and extended TTG, underscoring the need for interventions that are more supportive of students with overlapping identities.
Authors
- Lisa M. Meeks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3647-3657)
- Christine Low (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4247-6467)
- Caitlyn Coates
- Sharad Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1384-8249)
- Suchita Rastogi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7808-1777)
- Joanna Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3922-2404)
- Tiffany R. Hodges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3788-1724)
- Blake Hardin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8608-9522)
- Karina Pereira‐Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4313-743X)
- Christina J. Grabowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-1238)
- William H. Eidtson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-8027)
- Tonya L. Fancher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5486-6123)
- Rahul Patwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8040-992X)
- Jeffrey LaRochelle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4733-6452)
- Raymond H. Curry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3381-0125)
- Michael H. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5339-9631)
- Catherine Stauffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6879-460X)
- Mytien Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-6882)
- Christopher J. Moreland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2127-5404)
- Lydia Smeltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4704-935X)
- Zoie C. Sheets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2522-7618)
- Leah Tolby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3141-6688)
- Charlene Green
- Rylee Betchkal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6573-6043)
- Yoon Soo Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8583-4335)
- John E. Francis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-4939)
- Gerald D. Abrams
- Shami Tarlanov
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000006125
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 19.34