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Physician Workforce Press Kit

Based on growing evidence of a national physician shortage, the AAMC has recommended that enrollment in U.S. medical schools be increased 30 percent by 2015. This expansion should be accomplished by boosting enrollment at existing schools and by creating new allopathic medical schools.


AAMC's Position on the Physician Shortage

AAMC Calls for 30 Percent Increase in Medical School Enrollment (News Release - June 19, 2006)

AAMC Statement on the Physician Workforce (PDF, 9 pages - Position Statement - June 2006)

Questions and Answers About the AAMC's New Physician Workforce Position (PDF, 3 pages - June 2006)

Additional Data and Resources

2008 Physician Specialty Data (PDF, 45 pages - Nov. 2008)

The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections Through 2025 (PDF, 94 pages - Oct. 2008)

Help Wanted: More U.S. Doctors (PDF, 12 pages - brochure)

2007 State Physician Workforce Data Book (PDF, 39 pages - Nov. 2007)

Physician Workforce Shortages: Implications and Issues for Academic Health Centers and Policymakers (Academic Medicine, Sept. 2006)

Diversity in the Physician Workforce: Facts & Figures 2006

AAMC Center for Workforce Studies

Related Issues

Clinical Oncologist Workforce Shortage

Medical Schools Respond by Increasing Enrollment

U.S. Medical School Enrollment Projected to Rise 21 Percent by 2012 (News Release - May 1, 2008)

Medical School Expansion: Challenges and Strategies

2007 U.S. Medical School Entering Class is Largest Ever (News Release, Oct. 16, 2007)

Medical School Expansion Plans: Results of the 2006 AAMC Survey (Report, Feb. 2007)

Medical Schools Moving to Increase Enrollment (AAMC Reporter, March 2007)

Developing Medical Schools Applying for Accreditation by the LCME

 

Related Resources

2008 Physician Specialty Data
2008 Physician Specialty Data (PDF, 45 pages - Nov. 2008)

The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections Through 2025 (PDF, 94 pages - Oct. 2008)

JAMA Commentary: Confronting the Complexity of the Physician Workforce Equation (News Release - June 11, 2008)

Help Wanted: More U.S. Doctors (PDF, 12 pages - brochure)

 

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