Experiences of medical students who are first in family to attend university

Students from backgrounds of low socio‐economic status (SES) or who are first in family to attend university (FiF) are under‐represented in medicine. Research has focused on these students’ pre‐admission perceptions of medicine, rather than on their lived experience as medical students. Such research is necessary to monitor and understand the potential perpetuation of disadvantage within medical schools.

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