Acknowledgements:

  Information contained in this Handbook was in part compiled from public presentations and discussions on academic medicine by Drs. Jerry Johnson and R. Steven Padilla, a UNM HSC focus group and interviews with Hispanic faculty physicians:

Hispanic faculty physician and basic scientist focus groups and interviews on developing medical careers were held at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in the fall, 1999 and winter, 2000 by the Hispanic and Native American Center of Excellence, R. Steven Padilla, M.D., principal investigator.

Jerry C. Johnson, M.D., Chair, Geriatric Division, and Director, Center of Excellence on Minority Health, University of Pennsylvania.  Seminar on clinical research development presented to UNM SOM junior faculty and medical students on May 24, 2001. 

R. Steven Padilla, M.D., Chair, Dermatology, and Director, Hispanic and Native American Center of Excellence at UNM SOM.  Seminars and discussions on career development and academic medicine, UNM SOM residents and medical student meetings, fall semester 2000.

General References

Hulley, S., and Cummings, S. (Eds) Designing clinical research. Williams & Wilkins. 1988.

Byrne, D., Publishing your medical research paper. What they don't teach you in medical school. Williams & Wilkins.  1998.

Zeiger, M.  Essentials of writing biomedical research papers. McGraw-Hill, Inc. Health Professions Division. 1991.

NOTES

[1] Clive, D., in Life After Medical School, Ed. Laster, L., W.W. Norton & Co., 1996, p. 243-4

[2] Race and Ethnicity in the American Professoriate, 1995-96

[3] Charney, E., in Life After Medical School, Ed. Laster, L., W.W. Norton & Co., 1996, p. 259

[4] Urbina, C, Wiese, W., Counsellor, A.  Preceptorship Program Curriculum, Phase III.  University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1998   (Unpublished Student Handbook)

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