Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Feb 13 10:10:20 2007
Manhattan is NOT NY State ... NYC has a glut ... the rest of the state
a shortage. Manhattan is a special case also in that many OB's do NOT
participate in managed care. In the other boros, where most of the
working stiffs live, OB's have little choice BUT to take insurance.
Suffice it to say, Manhattan is NOT representative of NY State as a
whole.
Art
At Tue, 13 Feb 2007, R. Daniel Braun wrote:
>
>Not because you aren't training enough. Ratio of OB to 1000 population in
>Manhattan???
>
>Dan
>
>On 2/13/07, art fougner, md <evsono@pipeline.com> wrote:
>>
>> There are six counties in NY State without an Obstetrician.
>>
>> Art
>>
>> At Mon, 12 Feb 2007, R. Daniel Braun wrote:
>> >
>> >Actually we have way too many physicians. That is why the Government and
>> >Ins. companies can get away with what they do. If you don't take it,
>> there
>> >is a guy down the street who will because that is better than what he is
>> >getting now.
>> >Yes there are some rural areas where there are shortages of physicians,
>> but
>> >increasing the number of physicians overall won't make anyone want to
>> >p[ractice in Resume Speed, North Dakota.
>> >
>> >Dan
>> >
>> >On 2/12/07, Harrison Sheld <hsheld@vwestm.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It is not surprising because logically the AAMC has a vested interest
>> in
>> >> this prediction. With all the physician extenders (read that health
>> care
>> >> providers) in the marketplace, encouraged by managed care, it is
>> likely,
>> >> if there will be in fact more medical students, after residency
>> >> training, they may not be able to make a living let alone repay their
>> >> indebtedness. Academics should be looking at ways to be less dependent
>> >> on a government that is inclined to reduce remuneration for medical
>> >> services. One would assume that medical school candidates would look
>> >> upon medicine as a "calling" in the mold of Dr. Schweitzer. I'm not
>> sure
>> >> that either generation X or Y sees it that way.
>> >>
>> >> Of course, I could be wrong.
>> >>
>> >> art fougner, md wrote:
>> >> > I have difficulty reconciling this story with this study from April
>> of
>> >> > 06.
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.aamc.org/workforce/rcntwrkfce.pdf
>> >> >
>> >> > Someone help me out here?
>> >> >
>> >> > Art
>> >> >
>> >> > At Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Dean Huffman . wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> ..
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent
>> >> >>
>> >> >> First-year enrollment in U.S. medical schools is projected to
>> increase
>> >> 17
>> >> >> percent by 2012 to nearly 19,300 students, according to a survey of
>> >> medical
>> >> >> school expansion plans released by the AAMC today. The estimated
>> >> expansion
>> >> >> would move U.S. medical schools to the halfway point of the 30
>> percent
>> >> >> enrollment increase recommended by the AAMC last year. Many of these
>> >> planned
>> >> >> increases, however, depend upon state support or other outside
>> funding
>> >> sources.
>> >> >> Survey results indicate that total first-year enrollment in existing
>> >> U.S.
>> >> >> medical schools is projected to increase by 2,558 students (
>> 15.5percent).
>> >> >> Projected enrollment in new medical schools accounts for an
>> additional
>> >> 1.5
>> >> >> percent of the expansion.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Information: Go to
>> >> http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2007/070212.htm
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > art fougner, md
>> >> > "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >--
>> >R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT
>> >Professor Emeritus
>> >Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
>> >Indiana U. School of Medicine
>> >
>> >R. Daniel Braun
>> >
>> > "The way to health is an aromatic bath and scented massage
>> everyday".
>> > Hippocrates
>> >
>>
>> --
>> art fougner, md
>> "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
>>
>--
>R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT
>Professor Emeritus
>Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
>Indiana U. School of Medicine
>
>R. Daniel Braun
>
> "The way to health is an aromatic bath and scented massage everyday".
> Hippocrates
>
--
art fougner, md
"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
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