Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Feb 13 10:22:56 2007
When the quantity is Zero, it IS an issue.
Art
At Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Jamie wrote:
>
>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:
>>>
>>>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
>
--
art fougner, md
"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
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