It's time to address the problem of physician shortages: graduate medical education is the key.
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It is now widely accepted that the United States is on the cusp of deepening shortages of physicians. This article will briefly review how these shortages could have been anticipated, how they are being manifested, and how policymakers were drawn to the contrary conclusion, and it will discuss the challenges that now exist as the nation undertakes to expand undergraduate and graduate medical education in an attempt to meet the projected future demand.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of surgery
دوره 246 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007