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Are physicians a vanishing breed - the looming physician shortage
Date: 2007/03/29 21:24	By: ohiomd	Status: User
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I am a current medical student and the class size has increased this year at my medical school. There was plenty of resources for the expanded class but I don't think the infrastructure can put up with addtional students (as is planned in future years). That will be particularly true in Anatomy and in small group sessions.

I also don't see an increase in students wanted to work in underserved areas even with the addtional number of students in my class. I am committed to working in an underserved area and it is one of the reasons I decided to go to medical school. I am not sure of how to increase the interest levels with other students in my school or other schools.

Any ideas how to translate increased number of medical students into increased physicians in underserved areas?