More Native American physicians needed; medical school graduation rates are flat, declining

OHSU study: Data collection changes increased count of American Indian, Alaska Native students; graduation trends have not increased

By Erin Hoover Barnett and Mariana Phipps January 28, 2021

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Erik Brodt, M.D.

Erik Brodt, M.D. speaks at the Indigenous Faculty Forum, November 17, 2017 at the PSU Native American Student and Community Center. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Wy'east Post-Baccalaureate Pathway

(Left to right) Mike Lewis kisses his daughter Kyna Lewis during a blanket ceremony at the Wy’east Post-Baccalaureate Pathway graduation ceremony on June 14, 2019 at PSU’s Native American Student Community Center. The Wy'east program provides conditional acceptance into the OHSU medical school, for students who complete the pathway. (OHSU/Michael Schmitt)