Educational programs in US medical schools

Article Abstract:

Medical education, like any other industry, undergoes its cycles of change. In the United States, there was great expansion of facilities and enrollment during the 1960s, when a major national priority was an increase in the number of physicians. Over that decade, the number of students entering medical school rose from 8,298 to 11,348. This explosion continued through the 1970s, but it became clear that the growth could not be sustained. An important goal became altering the distribution of physicians while the actual number of medical students could be decreased to conserve resources. During the 1980s, there was a precipitous decline in the number of applicants to medical school; this decline has reversed itself beginning in 1989, but the reasons for this reversal remain uncertain. About 7.6 percent of recent first-year medical students were black, indicating that there has been little progress over the past decade in achieving better representation for blacks within the medical profession. Three medical schools accounted for almost 16 percent of all black medical students and nine schools accounted for a third of black medical students. Women applicants accounted for 40 percent of the total applicants in the 1990-1991 academic year and 39 percent of the first year medical students. The proportion of women varies greatly among medical schools, however, ranging from 18.4 percent to 53.2 percent. In the 1989-1990 academic year, 900 medical students withdrew. Thirty-seven percent of these withdrew or were dismissed for academic reasons, 26.1 percent transferred to other programs. Personal, financial, and health reasons accounted for 16.4 percent of the withdrawals, and 14.8 percent opted for career changes. Miscellaneous reasons account for the remainder. The majority (45.4 percent) withdrew in their first year and only 3 percent withdrew in their fourth year. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

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Educational programs in US medical schools, 2002-2003

Article Abstract:

US medical schools are beginning to add new topics to their curricula such as cultural diversity, evidence-based medicine, medical ethics, and medical informatics. Most schools use a written exam to evaluate a student's factual knowledge and observations by professors to evaluate the student's clinical skills. More and more schools are using objective structured clinical examinations to assess clinical skills.

Labor Distribution by Employer, Curricula

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Educational Programs in US Medical Schools, 2000-2001

Article Abstract:

Over half of all US medical schools made major changes in their curricula in 2000-2001. The number of applicants dropped 4% compared to 1999 whereas the number of faculty members increased 1%. Many schools must pay volunteer faculty members to provide educational opportunities for medical students in community practice.

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