Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent
From: Gordon Goldman (obgyndoc@swbell.net)
Tue Feb 13 08:54:51 2007
And last time I heard, nearly half the counties in Georgia are
without one.
Do you have those statistics, Garry?
Gordon
On Feb 13, 2007, at 7:08 AM, art fougner, md 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
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