A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a public workshop to explore admissions strategies and processes for health professions educational programs in the United States while seeking input from similar experiences from around the globe. Invited presentations and discussions will consider the use of admissions for ensuring a sustainable, high-quality workforce that is adequate in numbers, reflects the population being served, and is equitably distributed. Invited speakers will organize presentations based on questions such as:

• What factors drive and influence the admissions process?
• What is the evidence to support current admissions practices?
• What metrics are (or could be) used for tracking students who are and are not admitted into an educational program in the health professions?
• What outcome measures are (or could be) used for analyzing admissions processes?

The planning committee will select and invite speakers and discussants and moderate the discussions at the workshop. Following the workshop, a proceedings of the presentations and discussions will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.