Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent
From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Tue Feb 13 10:23:48 2007
No, but you're not far off.
Garry
At Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Gordon Goldman wrote:
>
>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
--
Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA
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