NZ Doctor
The increasing number of Māori and Pacific students studying medicine and surgery at the University of Otago Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is a “good news story”, says a leader in public health.
Peter Crampton is the chief author of a study into the impact of affirmative action programmes at the university over the past 30 years. He says increasing student diversity “speaks to a positive change in society and perhaps the structure of opportunity”.
“We are producing a workforce that better reflects the population it is serving and is better suited to the job required of it, and that, I believe, is a good news story.”
