Fort Worth Medical Student Co-Authors Study On Health Disparities Among American Indians
The TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine student's study looked at how American Indians, which are the largest minority population in South Dakota, are hampered by a numerous amount of health disparities.
FORT WORTH – A study looking at health disparities among American Indians co-authored by Benjamin Jacobs, a second-year medical student at TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine, was recently published in the South Dakota Medicine journal.
The study looks at how American Indians, which are the largest minority population in South Dakota, are hampered by a numerous amount of health disparities.
The study also looks at if increasing medical students’ clinical experiences with American Indians can help American Indians’ better health outcomes in the future.
Jacobs and several other authors to the study surveyed data from more than 100 medical students at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine (SSOM).
You can read the full study here.