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National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (NMF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the pipeline of doctors, nurses and physician assistants who have the professional knowledge, cultural competency and commitment to provide quality healthcare for all members of our diverse society.〔(Association of American Medical Colleges Enrollment Census Data )〕 This goal is reached by providing scholarships and awards to underrepresented minority medical students, and offering service learning programs to students and health professionals. Since its inception in 1946, National Medical Fellowships has provided over $40 million to upward of 30,000 minority community members. == History == National Medical Fellowships was started by Dr. Franklin C. McLean MD, PhD, who was a professor of physiology at the University of Chicago.〔(New York Times: Fellowships Changing The Face Of Medicine )〕 Dr. McLean saw that the lack of opportunities for African-American physicians was a problem for our nation, and that we needed more minority physicians to achieve basic equality of opportunity, and to ensure access to quality healthcare for millions of poor and minority Americans. This was true in 1946, and it is true today. Long before “diversity” was a national value, NMF began giving scholarships to African American physicians and medical students who otherwise could not have afforded a medical education. As broad social changes swept America, NMF expanded its commitment, giving grants on a national basis to other groups underrepresented in medicine. Through its scholarship programs, NMF has been instrumental in increasing the number of underrepresented minority physicians and researchers in the US. In recent years, NMF has expanded its efforts, with fellowship programs that help medical students address health disparities in underserved communities, in the US and globally. NMF was credited by New York Times in decreasing of discrimination and rise of medical enrollments by minorities in 1962.〔(New York Times:Negro Medical Gains; Discrimination Is Steadily Decreasing In Medical Schools Over the Nation Progress in South Negro Physician Shortage Booklet Fills Gap )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Medical Fellowships」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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