Provides a cross-country update on the current state of student compositions/enrollment at medical schools and what programs have been implemented to address this, including modifying admission criteria and using satellite medical campuses.
Reports on the history of the program, development of model evaluation and the 2008 longitudinal evaluation study on the communities of Fort Smith, Hay River, Fort Providence, Bechokò, Yellowknife/Ndilo, Inuvik, Paulatuk and Fort McPherson.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, 2008, pp. 221-239
Description
Found that there are (a) varied perceptions of Aboriginal identity (b) educational paradigms are misrepresented (c) Aboriginal views are situated from positions of disadvantage.