Morehouse School of Medicine ranked first among U.S. medical schools for its social mission, according to a study.
The study, which appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine Monday, measured schools 0n their production of primary care physicians, minority doctors, and doctors practicing in underserved areas.
Performed by Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan of The George Washington University, the study found that historically black schools had the highest social mission rankings. Mullan said the high ranking schools "will help deliver the health care that Americans desperately need."
The study said that graduates of the highest ranked schools are most likely to practice the kind of medicine needed under the national health care overhaul. The overhaul is expected to vastly expand the amount of people under the government health insurance program Medicaid, and increase the need for primary care physicians and other health professionals in underserved areas.
Morehouse School of Medicine officials said the school was established to recruit and train minorities and people from disadvantaged backgrounds, to help provide care in underserved areas.
"This ranking ... goes to the very core of what MSM has stood for from the very beginning -- building a healthier America by focusing on those communities with the biggest health challenges," said school president John Maupin.
Emory University School of Medicine ranked 78 and the Medical College of Georgia was 65.
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