The rising cost of medical education and its significance for (not only) psychiatry

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 305-308

  Verduin, Marcia L ^a   Balon, Richard ^b   Coverdale, John H ^c   Louie, Alan K ^d   Beresin, Eugene V ^e   Roberts, Laura Weiss ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of education; Medical student education; National Health Service Corps; Public Service Loan Forgiveness; Specialty choice

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; COST CONTROL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903734425     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: 15457230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40596-014-0118-7     Document Type: Review

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