Valenzeno Dennis Paul, Furilla Robert A
University of Alaska Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
Alaska Med. 2010 Sep;52:34-8.
Several recent physician workforce reports in Alaska have called for a rapid increase in the number of state-supported medical school positions to between 30 and 50 new students per year, preferably through WWAMI--Alaska's Medical School. Here we compare the number of clinical experiences for undergraduate and graduate medical education in Alaska as compared with other states to determine if they are likely to be limiting factors for expansion. Data were primarily gathered from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and from Alaska WWAMI. The data demonstrate that: 1) Alaska currently supports far fewer medical student clerkship experiences per capita than other states; 2) Alaska currently supports far fewer medical residents per capita than other states; 3) neither of these is due to an inadequate physician workforce to provide the training, using other states as a standard; and 4) clinical experiences should not be a limiting factor for expansion of medical education in the state.
阿拉斯加最近的几份医生劳动力报告呼吁迅速增加由州政府支持的医学院招生名额，每年新增30至50名学生，最好通过阿拉斯加医学院（WWAMI）来实现。在此，我们将阿拉斯加本科和研究生医学教育的临床实习数量与其他州进行比较，以确定这些数量是否可能成为扩张的限制因素。数据主要来自美国医学院协会、毕业后医学教育认证委员会以及阿拉斯加医学院（WWAMI）。数据表明：1）阿拉斯加目前人均支持的医学生临床实习机会远少于其他州；2）阿拉斯加目前人均支持的住院医生数量远少于其他州；3）以其他州为标准，这两者都不是因为缺乏足够的医生劳动力来提供培训；4）临床实习机会不应成为该州医学教育扩张的限制因素。
