Daily News | North Philly community members are getting a say in choosing Temple’s next class of medical students
“We think it was just high time to make sure that our largest stakeholders, the community, our patients, had a say," said outgoing Student Diversity Council Chair and Temple grad Randolph B. Lyde.
the value of their input. The goal was to make sure prospective students understood Temple’s values and had the capacity and empathy to appreciate and respect their future patients. Temple officials, including Jacob Ufberg, the medical school’s associate dean of admissions, said they weren’t aware of other medical schools that incorporated “true, on-the-ground” community members the way they have. Some others have used a retired physician in the community or a medical school graduate or employee or ex-employee, Ufberg said.
Temple has one of the most diverse medical student bodies in the country — U.S. News & World Report ranked it tied for No. 6 this year. Nearly 10,400 students applied to the medical school last year, with 467 accepted to fill about 220 spots. Of those who enrolled, 66 were from underrepresented groups.
As for Temple Hospital, she said she would never go there again after the way she was treated during a late-night trip to the ER. She was discharged within hours, she said, and had to go to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where she was admitted and kept for a week to be treated for pneumonia. But as good as Temple was, he said, he thought it could get better. About three years ago, he and another student started having lunch with deans to talk about areas for improvement. While the school was receptive, students saw a better chance of their ideas being implemented if they formed
The council also issued the recommendation about community members. It tapped Temple’s Center for Urban Bioethics, which already had long-standing relationships with community nonprofits, to find potential members.
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