West Virginia's three state-funded medical schools enroll more medical students per capita than any other state in the country. Due to its large number of medical student slots, the state typically can offer all qualified West Virginians the opportunity to complete their medical education in the state. In the academic year of 2023, 25 percent…

Despite predictions of a physician surplus by 1990, graduates of foreign medical schools (both aliens and U.S. citizens) continue to flow into the United States. Secondary analysis of 1980 data suggests that graduates of foreign schools may secure their presence within the American medical system by selecting specialties where shortages exist. (KH)

Data on graduate medical education in Europe are tabulated in this report from the World Health Organization. The information was collected from a short questionnaire distributed in 1976 to countries of the European region using the English language, and in 1977 to those countries using French and Russian. The countries surveyed include: Algeria,…

A survey of house staff stipends, benefits, and funding for members of the Council of Teaching Hospitals is reported. The survey presents data on trends in stipend levels, total hospital expenditures for stipends and benefits, and the sources used to fund these expenditures. (MLW)

Presented is the report made by the Financing Panel of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) on the impact of financing issues on graduate medical education medical practice, especially those related to the geographical and specialty distribution of physicians. After an introduction to the study, the following are…

This paper examines role conflict and role overload of physicians. A comparison of women physicians, women neighbor controls, and men physicians is made in an attempt to prove that role conflict and overload are distinct problems of the women physicians. A 207-item questionnaire concerned with demography, education, work patterns, household…

A survey of 50,273 practicing physicians in New York State gathered data on demographic characteristics, medical education characteristics, practice setting characteristics, and specialty practice characteristics. Highlights of survey findings include: (1) physicians are distinctively male (78 percent) and white (76 percent); (2) minority…

A survey of physicians teaching in British Columbia's one medical school found 20 percent of the province's physicians were involved with the school in some way, most with largely non-academic ("clinical") careers. Full-time faculty worked 20 percent more hours than their clinical counterparts. Two-thirds may have full-time clinical…

Data on medical students and physicians in the United States, European Union countries, and other European countries include practicing doctors and medical students; medical school applicants and students admitted per year; and ratios of doctor:population, applicant:population, five-year students:population, accepted applicants:all applicants,…

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)

In response to congressional mandate and in light of proposals to close the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS), this study reviewed issues related to USUHS and other means through which the Department of Defense (DOD) obtains physicians. In particular the study examined the cost of obtaining military physicians from all…

This report, based on information gained from multiple surveys of physicians conducted since 1980, addresses a number of basic public policy questions regarding physician manpower supply and distribution in the state of New York. The report's primary focus is longitudinal, attempting to identify patterns and trends among New York State's…

Presented in this final volume are the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) members' commentaries and appendix. Included are: the members and staff of GMENAC; a preface; individual member's commentaries; appendices that include GMENAC recommendations from each of the other six volumes; a cross reference of GMENAC…

This publication consists solely of statistical data with respect to women in medicine. Seven tables and three figures are presented. The tables are organized as follows: (1) Women Applicants, Enrollees and Graduates, Selected Years 1949-50 through 1990-91; (2) Comparative Acceptance Data for Men and Women Applicants, 1973-74 through 1990-91; (3)…

Federal efforts to establish financial support for health professions education in the 1960s and 1970s have led to an increase in the enrollment of minorities and women in health professions schools. The increase in the number of minority students graduating from these schools during the past decade has resulted in more minority practitioners…