Texas Women's Histories
An archival project
Mission Statement
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Eshaan Patel
Project Collaborator and Interviewee
Ariana Engles
Chenlin Huang
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Project Collaborator and Interviewer
Hello! I'm a freshman at Rice University. I am currently a new student representative for the Student Association, as well as an active member of HACER, Chi Alpha, Global Dental Brigades, and the Rice Pre-Dental Society. I currently plan on becoming an orthodontists, and I am pursuing an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, B.S.
Hey! I am a freshman at Rice University. I am currently a traveling member of the Rice Global Medical Brigade. I am also in End7 as well the medical humanities club. I currently plan on becoming a physician and I am pursuing an undergraduate degree in Mathematical Economic Analysis
Hi! I'm a freshman at Rice University. I am currently a new student representative for my residential college, and I am an active member of the organization PAIR. I also volunteer with the Rice Undergraduate Admissions office in order to reach out to international students and share my Rice experience. I currently plan on becoming a doctor and I am pursuing an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology, B.A.
Project Collaborator and Interviewee
Objective:
The objective of the project is to utilize the Texas Women’s Histories archive to help show why diversity is beneficial for medicine, as well as why an increasingly diverse group of healthcare practitioners can improve the healthcare experience for population groups like minorities who currently lack or have limited access to healthcare. We do this through the use of Lu Ann Aday and Ritsuko Komaki-Cox’s interviews as well as through research. We hope to combine these two information sources so that we can show why diversity in medicine can be beneficial for public health.
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Audience:
Our targeted audiences are higher education administrators and underrepresented students and women in colleges who want to pursue a medical career, as these two groups have the greatest and the most direct impact on the ethnic and cultural diversity in the medical field. Our research in diversity in medical field appeals to our audience in different ways. Educators, including medical school deans and undergraduate admission denas, can have more insights in how diversity in medical practitioners can contribute to greater access to healthcare for a variety of demographics, and how minority students can advance and lead the medical field. Dr. Lu Ann Aday’s research in healthcare access and Dr. Ritsuko Komaki’s international background present the problems the future doctors need to address and reasons why a more diverse group of medical personnel is needed. For underrepresented students and women, this project is especially inspirational because it shows the distinct value of their unique individual experiences and their future participation in medicine, which gives rise to the great potential in their medical career.
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Impact:
Through this project, we hope to improve diversity in medical schools by increasing the number of minority and female students, which would increase cultural competency. A diverse healthcare workforce will more properly serve a diverse population, such as what we have in the United States, because a diverse group of people have varied needs. Furthermore, under-represented minorities tend to practice in underserved areas, which improves the lives of fragile populations and can serve as inspirations for those underserved communities.