Medical Education and Societal Needs

Division of Health Sciences Policy

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1. Introduction; 3 2. Looking Ahead: An Agenda Group on Education of Health Professionals; 4 3. Issues for Targeted Study; 5 4. The Physician's Role in a Changing Health Care System; 6 5. Innovative Models of Medical Education in the United States Today: An Overview with Implications for Curriculum and Program Evaluation; 7 6. Infusion of New Fields into Medical Education; 8 7. Medical School Admissions; 9 8. How the Medical Student Finances Educational Expenses; 10 9. The Influence of Economic Factors on Medical Students' Career Choices; 11 10. Financing Medical Education; 12 11. Physicians for the Future -- What are the Needs?; 13 Appendix A: Bibliography; 14 Appendix B: Workshop Summaries; 15 Appendix C: IOM/Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Workshop on Changing Costs of Medical Education and the Impact on the Mix of Students; 16 Appendix D: Reports on Visits to Medical Schools; 17 Appendix E: Medical Education Abroad; 18 Appendix F: Typical Pattern of Medical Education in the United States