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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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