Physician manpower needs and recommendations for improving physician education are outlined. (IR)

Attitudes toward the urban environment and place of origin were found to be the best predictors of an optometrist's practice location. Findings of this study imply that optometry students most likely to enter rural practice can be objectively identified early in their training and that the predictive equation presented may be useful in the…

The reported successful recruitment of additional physicians to some rural communities in New York led to this study. Its objectives were to verify such immigration, to obtain limited demographic data on the new physicians, and to develop some explanation for their successful recruitment. (LBH)

Data are provided on wives' influence on medical students' decisions about their choice of medical speciality, organization of practice (solo or group), and geographical location of practice. Interviews and questionnaires provided the information from a group of wives of Medical College of Ohio medical students. (LBH)

An analysis of programs and positions in the first year of graduate medical education regarded as acceptable by U.S. medical students suggests that the ratio for all positions is about one per graduate and even less in primary care programs. (Editor/LBH)

This study represents an attempt to rationalize the previously unordered, frequently disagreed upon, set of factors influencing the practice location decisions. The results indicate that very few of those factors are amenable to policy action. Only those dealing with practitioner education and financing of practices might be affected by government…

National information about 1978 graduating medical students is reported that confirms a substantial relationship between their preferred practice settings and their hometowns and those of their spouses. (JMD)

A family practice center, independently controlled and staffed, but located within a major university medical center, is proposed. Such a location allows for patient care and education as well as for resident training. Other advantages include access to the university center's services. Possible disadvantages are also discussed. (JMD)

A survey of 182 medical school graduates from 1969 to 1973 revealed such predictive factors as physician's home community size, spouse's home community size, size of high school graduating class, number of contacts with other physicians, importance of continuing education and professional development opportunities, and availability of medical…

Based on the hypothesis that graduate medical training should support and reinforce the choice to locate in underserved areas, a Texas medical group examined the practice locations of 20 residents during 1975-81. Results show medically underserved areas to be devalued and increased value placed on practice in metropolitan areas. (MSE)

The importance, effects, and degree of variability of student experiences and learning outcomes in the primary clerkship were examined. It was concluded that variability of experience in clinical clerkships is neither inherently good nor bad. (LBH)

A study is reported that examines the influence of rural or urban backgrounds on physicians and their spouses in their choices of location for practicing medicine. The results indicate that the size of community of origin of both physicians and their spouses seems to be a poor indicator of medical practice location in Arizona and New Mexico. (JMD)