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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
Asians, as the third largest minority group in the U.S., represent over 30 distinct cultures and languages with major subgroups including Asian Indians, Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans.
Academic Leadership
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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
Asian Americans typically have strong ties to the family and follow a hierarchical model proceeding from elder to younger and from male to female.
Academic Leadership
Electronic
Ethnic Studies
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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
Asian families traditionally put a great emphasis on education and continuous gathering of knowledge, and Asian American teenagers are strongly influenced by their families in career choices.
Academic Leadership
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Ethnic Studies
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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
In many Asian cultures, students are not viewed as autonomous; rather, the students should live up to their role of being "students."
Academic Leadership
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Ethnic Studies
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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
Many Asian American students are under a tremendous pressure to achieve in school, and equate the success on a test with success in their future.
Academic Leadership
Electronic
Ethnic Studies
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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
The family values of most families from Eastern Asia (Taiwan, Korea, China) are shaped by the Confucian tradition where hierarchy is the predominant feature and adherence to basic relationships keeps people in their places.
Academic Leadership
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Ethnic Studies
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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
Chinese and Japanese families rarely applied for the social welfare system in the U.S., because most of the needs were met with broad family support.
Academic Leadership
Electronic
Ethnic Studies
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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
Confucianism places a heavy emphasis on education as a means of progress; thus, many Asian Americans have attached high priority to education, consistent with the Confucian value system.
Academic Leadership
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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
An Indian immigrant that has not succeeded in the "new world" would not dare go back to India for fear of being thought as a failure from friends and family that have initially supported the venture.
Academic Leadership
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Ethnic Studies
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Motivation of Asian Americans to Study Medicine: A Pilot Study
(2007)
Ralitsa
Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
Failure is not an option for most Indian immigrants.
Academic Leadership
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