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ERIC Number: EJ372316
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Decline in Medical-School Applications Seen Damaging Quality of Health Care.
Mangan, Katherine S.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n40 pA1,30 Jun 15 1988
Factors related to the decline in applications for medical school include costs of medical education, student's desire to begin earning money quickly, publicity about the high cost of malpractice insurance and the increasingly bureaucratic nature of the medical professions, and the perception that there is a continuing overabundance of doctors. (MLW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, College Applicants, Declining Enrollment, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Medicine, Student Costs, Student Recruitment, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Association of American Medical Colleges