More doctors in the pipeline

Quick View. June 6, 2005.

Medical schools are starting to increase enrollment in response to growing concerns of a looming physician shortage.

	Enrollment	Increase
	2003-04 (first-year)	Existing schools	New schools	Total	Change
Allopathic schools	16,538	650-900	100-500	750-1,400	4.5%-7.3%
Osteopathic schools	3,079	450-900	150-450	600-1,350	24.6%-43.8%
Total	19,617	1,100-1,800	250-950	1,350-2,750	6.9%-14%

By 2020, expansion plans will put an estimated 30,000 additional physicians into a work force of 972,000 physicians, bringing the total to 1,002,000. Existing and new schools expect to reach the following targets for first-year enrollment increases by 2010. Because not all plans are final, estimates were given in ranges.

Source: AAMC Center for Workforce Studies

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