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Environmental Analysis

Health Care Trends is produced by the AMA Council on Long Range Planning & Development. Drawn from an extensive review of professional, governmental and nongovernmental sources, the biennial report provides valuable information on trends shaping medicine today.

This lucidly written compendium includes figures that graphically illustrate key concepts of each of 14 chapters, predictions of the impacts on various stakeholder segments (eg, patients, physicians, hospitals and health care facilities), a full list of references, and a handy index.

Of particular interest to recruiters, a section on health care resources (PDF) covers physician supply, employment, and recruitment, with implications for rural communities and inner cities.

JAMA’s Medical Education Issue

Each year since 1901, JAMA has published a Medical Education Issue. Original contributions address some of the most important concerns affecting undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education today; appendices provide a unique summary of information not readily available elsewhere.

Appendix I: Undergraduate Medical Education

Data are derived mainly from the 2008-2009 Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Annual Medical School Questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent in February 2009 to the deans of all 126 LCME-accredited medical schools with enrolled students and had a 100% response rate. Among data presented:

Enrollment for each of 126 LCME-accredited medical schools

Trends in enrollment by sex for 1988 – 2009

Other useful tables on medical school enrollment

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Appendix II: Graduate Medical Education

The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) maintain a database of information on graduate medical education (GME) training programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and of the residents and fellows in them. Every spring this database of residents is updated. Tables in this appendix present data including:

Trends in numbers of programs and residents, specialty vs. subspecialty

Detailed distribution of residents on duty by specialty and subspecialty

Geographic distribution of residents by state/region relative to population

Citizenship status of International Medical Graduates

Race and Hispanic ethnic origin of residents, overall and by specialty

Citizenship/visa status of residents

Total program size and number of first-year positions by specialty

» View/Download Appendix II