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PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Med schools: Application attrition

Quick View. By AMNews staff. Dec. 24/31, 2001.


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Applications to allopathic medical schools have dropped nearly 26% over the past five years. First-year enrollment and graduation numbers have remained fairly constant. Experts cite loss of physician autonomy and the high cost of medical education as two reasons for the decline. This information and the accompanying full-text visual aids were drawn from the following source:

Assn. of American Medical Colleges.

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