Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 15, 2023 2:36:50 GMT 12
MĀORI AND PASIFIKA STUDENTS UNDER-REPRESENTED IN MED SCHOOLS
New research has identified how severely under-represented Māori and Pasifika students are in the country's medical and health schools.
Māori make up about 17-percent of the population, and Pasifika about 8-percent - but in the 5 years to 2020, the two groups made up only 7-percent of those studying health professions, such as nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and medicine.....
www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/middayreport/audio/2018881722/maori-and-pasifika-students-under-represented-in-med-schools
New research has identified how severely under-represented Māori and Pasifika students are in the country's medical and health schools.
Māori make up about 17-percent of the population, and Pasifika about 8-percent - but in the 5 years to 2020, the two groups made up only 7-percent of those studying health professions, such as nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and medicine.....
www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/middayreport/audio/2018881722/maori-and-pasifika-students-under-represented-in-med-schools