Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent
From: Jamie (ajfields@pine-net.com)
Tue Feb 13 09:34:36 2007
There are two OBs in my tiny county. One of them is known as a sadist
and a lech; the other was asked to leave another hospital d/t some
unspecified patient safety issues. The remaining OB providers here are
2 FP DOs, both of whom are fine at leaving things alone in normal
labors, but who tend to underreact in the rare cases when something
needs to be done. It's not always quantity that's the issue in rural
areas.
At Tue, 13 Feb 2007, art fougner, md wrote:
>
>There are six counties in NY State without an Obstetrician.
>
>Art
>
>At Mon, 12 Feb 2007, R. Daniel Braun wrote:
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>>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
>
--
JFields, RN, BSN
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