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May 2, 2008, 1:57 pm
Why More Med Students Won’t Mean More Doctors
Posted by Jacob Goldstein
After 25 years without much growth, the U.S. is about to start cranking out lots more young MDs. The number of first-year med students will grow 20% between 2002 and 2012, according to a report out this week (online here) from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
As new schools open and existing schools expand, the number of first-year students will be 20,000 by 2012, according to the report. During the same period, the number of first-year students at osteopathic med schools (which grant the DO degree) is expected to grow from about 2,000 to a little over 5,000.
Expanding med schools here will be good news for all those nervous pre-meds fighting for scarce slots, but it may not do much to ease what many believe is a looming physician shortage.
After med school, young docs have to go through medical residency before they can strike out on their own — and there are already well over 20,000 residency slots every year.
The gap between the number of graduating U.S. MDs and DOs and the number of first-year residents is filled by grads of foreign med schools. Among those starting residencies this summer, more than 1,500 are U.S. citizens who graduated from overseas schools, and another 3,100 are foreign grads of those schools, according to the National Resident Match Program. Thousands more applied for slots and didn’t get them.
So the real question is what’s going to happen to the number of residency slots. “I really can’t predict what’s likely,” Edward Salsberg, who runs the AAMC’s Center for Workforce Studies, told the Health Blog. “I had been thinking we would see a slow, very limited growth.” But the feds are the source of most residency funding, and Washington’s been making noises to suggest more residency dollars may not be coming anytime soon, Salsberg said.
That means the number of ready-to-practice doctors coming out of the pipeline may be about the same in four or five years as it is now. May 2, 2008, 1:57 pm
2008年5月2日，下午1：57
Why More Med Students Won’t Mean More Doctors
为什么医学生增多并不意味着医生增多
Posted by Jacob Goldstein
Jacob Goldstein报道
After 25 years without much growth, the U.S. is about to start cranking out lots more young MDs. The number of first-year med students will grow 20% between 2002 and 2012, according to a report out this week (online here) from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
25年来美国医生数没有明显的增加，政府准备（成批地）培养更多的年青医生。2002到2012年，一年级医学生数将要增长20%，根据美国医学院校协会这周的一份报告。
As new schools open and existing schools expand, the number of first-year students will be 20,000 by 2012, according to the report. During the same period, the number of first-year students at osteopathic med schools (which grant the DO degree) is expected to grow from about 2,000 to a little over 5,000.
随着新学校开张和原有学校扩招，到2012年一年级医学生将达到20000人，根据这份报告。同时，骨科医学院一年级学生数预期将从2000人增加到5000人多一点。
Expanding med schools here will be good news for all those nervous pre-meds fighting for scarce slots, but it may not do much to ease what many believe is a looming physician shortage.
此时医学院校扩招对所有为竞争少数工作岗位而神经紧张的医学预科生来说将是个好消息，但是这对消除人们的顾虑没有多大帮助——大多数人相信医师短缺只是一个海市蜃楼。
After med school, young docs have to go through medical residency before they can strike out on their own — and there are already well over 20,000 residency slots every year.
在医学院校毕业后，年轻的医生必须通过住院医师后才能独立看病（译注： young docs have to go through medical residency before they can strike out on their own怎么翻译？指过了住院医师才有处方权？）——并且每年空缺的住院医师职位早已超过20,000个。
The gap between the number of graduating U.S. MDs and DOs and the number of first-year residents is filled by grads of foreign med schools. Among those starting residencies this summer, more than 1,500 are U.S. citizens who graduated from overseas schools, and another 3,100 are foreign grads of those schools, according to the National Resident Match Program. Thousands more applied for slots and didn’t get them.
就要毕业的美国医学博士和已经毕业的（译注：Dos怎么翻译）和资历一年内的住院医师之间的缺口由国外医学院校相应梯度的生源填补了。
So the real question is what’s going to happen to the number of residency slots. “I really can’t predict what’s likely,” Edward Salsberg, who runs the AAMC’s Center for Workforce Studies, told the Health Blog. “I had been thinking we would see a slow, very limited growth.” But the feds are the source of most residency funding, and Washington’s been making noises to suggest more residency dollars may not be coming anytime soon, Salsberg said.
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