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Widening participation: the value of diversity

Widening participation (WP), the active encouragement and recruitment of student populations traditionally underrepresented in medicine, has long been pertinent to medical school admissions policy. These applicants include those from ethnic minorities, lower socioeconomic backgrounds (SEB) and those with a disability. Widening participation may be achieved through a heterogeneous group of initiatives, including workshops and recruitment policies. Recent literature has focused on the value WP can confer to medicine and nursing, and how medical schools express their policies on WP.