Puerto Rican URM?

[SUPEROXIDERADICAL]

Hi guys. The answer to this question might be very obvious but I can't seem to find a concrete answer. I know the AAMC considers mainland Puerto Ricans to be underrepresented in medicine. But what exactly is a mainland Puerto Rican? Is that a Puerto Rican born and raised in the states? Or is it a Puerto Rican born in PR who then moved to the states? Does it matter?

I apologize in advance if the answer is right in front of me. Thanks.

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[acslater99]

I'm Puerto Rican, but born on the mainland. I believe it's either or, whether you're born on the mainland or moved from Puerto Rico to mainland. You should be fine either way.

 

[STEPinthenameoflove2018]

On March 19, 2004, the AAMC Executive Committee adopted a clarification to its definition of "underrepresented in medicine" following the Supreme Court's decision in Grutter.

The AAMC definition of underrepresented in medicine is:

"Underrepresented in medicine means those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population."

Adopted by the AAMC's Executive Council on June 26, 2003, the definition helps medical schools accomplish three important objectives:

a shift in focus from a fixed aggregation of four racial and ethnic groups to a continually evolving underlying reality. The definition accommodates including and removing underrepresented groups on the basis of changing demographics of society and the profession,
a shift in focus from a national perspective to a regional or local perspective on underrepresentation, and
stimulate data collection and reporting on the broad range of racial and ethnic self-descriptions.
Before June 26, 2003, the AAMC used the term "underrepresented minority (URM)," which consisted of Blacks, Mexican-Americans, Native Americans (that is, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians), and mainland Puerto Ricans. The AAMC remains committed to ensuring access to medical education and medicine-related careers for individuals from these four historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.


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[MCATdisciple]

Go Puerto Rico , but as mentioned above, there has been a shift from strict racial categorizations to being statistically underrepresented in medicine! Latinos make up ~5% of the physician workforce, so you are a straight shot!