Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Feb 13 06:05:28 2007
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:
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>> 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
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