JBJS | An AOA Critical Issue: Future Physician Workforce Requirements: Implications for Orthopaedic Surgery Education*

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Volume 90, Issue 5

The Orthopaedic Forum | May 01, 2008

An AOA Critical Issue: Future Physician Workforce Requirements: Implications for Orthopaedic Surgery Education^*

Edward S. Salsberg, MPA¹; Atul Grover, MD, PhD¹; Michael A. Simon, MD²; Steven L. Frick, MD³; Marshall A. Kuremsky, MD³; David C. Goodman, MD, MS⁴

¹ Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies, 2450 N Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037-1126. E-mail address for E.S. Salsberg: esalsberg@aamc.org
² University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, AMB 303 MC 3079, Chicago, IL 60637. E-mail address: msimon@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
³ Carolina Medical Center Orthopaedics, 1001 Blythe Boulevard, Suite 602, Charlotte, NC 28203. E-mail address for S.L. Frick: steven@carolinashealthcare.org
⁴ Dartmouth Medical School, HB 7251, Hanover NH 03755. E-mail address: david.goodman@dartmouth.edu

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. 2008; 90:1143-1159 doi:10.2106/JBJS.G.01305

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In 2006, after many months of consideration, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recommended that medical schools in the United States increase their enrollment by 30% by 2015 and that residency positions be increased to accommodate the growth in U.S. medical school graduates¹. This recommendation is based on the belief that there will be a substantial physician workforce shortage in the future as the economy continues to expand, physicians retire, and patients continue to demand more specialized care. How this prediction will affect the workforce dynamic of orthopaedic surgery and other specialties must be examined carefully.

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internship and residency ; pediatric discipline ; medical residencies ; health care ; students, medical ; acgme ; women

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