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The DocBuddy Journal - Ways To Improve Med Student Throughput To Physicians

By Erik Sunset, May 31, 2024 - 1 min read

WE KNOW WHAT'S DRIVING PHYSICIAN BURNOUT BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS?

Episode 66 of The DocBuddy Journal - Ways To Improve Med Student Throughput To Physicians

In this episode we're looking for answers to the question of "why are we seeing less medical school students than ever?" The obvious downstream effect of fewer medical school students is that there will be fewer residents and fewer physicians. Compounding the issue of fewer new physicians is the fact that physicians are retiring earlier than ever!

We looked at data that The Physicians Foundation published in their 2023 Survey of America's Current and Future Physicians to see what we can do, as an industry, to stem the tide. You can view the report here.

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