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Will too many future docs forgo primary care for specialties?
The nation's medical schools are gearing up to graduate nearly a third more doctors than in the past, but concerns are rising that too many will be trained for specialties rather than primary care,
Med schools may reduce admissions even as doc shortage grows
As the healthcare industry struggles with the growing physician shortage, state budget cuts may force medical schools to cut back on admissions next year. For example, medical schools in Texas are
Med schools focus on primary care to thwart physician shortage
Medical schools are beefing up their primary-care offerings to deter a looming shortage of primary-care physicians. The shortage is expected to reach more than 39,000 by 2020, notes U.S. News and
Med students taught outside U.S. may be denied domestic training
Medical schools in New York want to it make nearly impossible for foreign schools to use New York hospitals for clinical training. The 16 New York med schools are lobbying the State Board of Regents
Med school docs still break conflict-of-interest rules
While some medical schools continue to get smarter when it comes to implementing conflict-of-interest policies , as FierceHealthcare reported last Friday, many physicians at several prominent schools
Med schools get smarter about conflicts of interest
The University of South Dakota, Des Moines College of Osteopathic Medicine in Iowa and Tufts University School of Medicine in Massachusetts all rank among the nation's most improved medical schools
Dr. Candice Chen: What do we value in our medical schools?
This week, FiercePracticeManagement reported on a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that raised quite a few eyebrows with regards to medical school rankings . The study looked at
Traditionally top-ranked med schools balk at 'social mission' survey
If you're looking to recruit a physician, particularly in primary care, from a 'socially responsible' private U.S. medical school, you may be out of luck, according to a new survey published in this
Changing times bring cost awareness to medical curriculum
In the age of transparency and data-hungry healthcare consumers assuming more out-of-pocket costs, physicians are no longer being asked to just prescribe the best course of treatment medically, but
Experts: Medical schools aren't teaching patient safety
Rather than teaching future doctors about patient safety, teamwork and how to learn from their mistakes, medical schools throughout the U.S. continue to focus myopically on basic science and clinical
