The physician workforce: a medical school dilemma.

Full Abstract

Richard Cooper has advanced a projection of a sizable deficit in physicians in the United States, requiring the training of as many as 10,000 additional physicians annually by the year 2025. He questions the ability of U.S. medical schools to "fill the gap." This challenge presents another important dilemma for medical education. Could the applicant pool be enlarged sufficiently to increase qualified applicants? Would medical schools be able to accommodate this increase in students? The impact of these increases could be an ultimate decrease in the quality of health care and the production of physicians who are not current with research findings, particularly in the area of genetics.

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Author information

Author/s: Wood, Douglas L (DL);

Affiliation: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article

Journal: Health affairs (Project Hope) (Health Aff (Millwood)), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2003 Jul-Aug; vol 22 (issue 4) : pp 97-9

Dates: Created 2003/07/31; Completed 2003/08/20; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12889757, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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CommentOn: Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 Jul-Aug;22(4):71-84. (PMID: 12889752)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Forecasting
Genetics, Medical - education
Health Manpower - standards; trends
Health Services Needs and Demand - trends
Humans

Physicians - standards; supply & distribution
Quality of Health Care
School Admission Criteria
Schools, Medical - organization & administration
United States

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