Why Are American Doctors Paid So Damn Much?

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97. Medical school enrollment figures -- up 30%

First-year medical school enrollment in 2017-2018 is projected to reach 21,434—a 30 percent increase from 2002–2003. The 30 percent increase matches exactly the 2015 target recommended by the AAMC in 2006. Of the projected growth from 2002–2017, 62 percent will be at the 125 medical schools that were accredited as of 2002. New schools since 2002 will provide 31 percent of the growth, and the balance (7 percent) is expected to come from schools that are currently in LCME applicant-school standing.

Survey results show that the adequacy of clinical training opportunities for students may pose a challenge for medical schools. Seventy-eight percent of respondents expressed concern about the number of clinical training sites for students, 82 percent about the supply of qualified primary care preceptors, and 67 percent about the supply of qualified specialty preceptors.

Medical schools also reported concern about enrollment growth outpacing growth in graduate medical education (GME). Thirty-three percent of schools reported this as a “major concern” in their state and 42 percent as a “major concern” at the national level. However, only 14 percent of schools reported “major concern” about their incoming students’ ability to find residency positions of their choice after medical school.

Seventy-six percent of schools said they had either established or recently implemented at least one initiative to increase student interest in primary care specialties. These efforts included changes in curriculum, extracurricular opportunities, expanded faculty resources and training, and changes in admissions criteria.

Full report from the AAMC here -- and their efforts to increase #doctors. The problem is cost, #preceptors, and post-graduate training.


https://members.aamc.org/eweb/upload/12-237%20EnrollmSurvey2013.pdf