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Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent From: Harrison Sheld (hsheld@vwestm.net) Mon Feb 12 17:44:25 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Ginny Lee: "Re: Shameless plug" Previous message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Chuck Norris" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent" Next in thread: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent" Reply: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent" 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 (15.5 percent). >> 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 > Next message: Ginny Lee: "Re: Shameless plug" Previous message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Chuck Norris" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent" Next in thread: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent" Reply: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent"

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