Hays Richard
James Cook University.
MedEdPublish (2016). 2017 Oct 16;6:185. doi: 10.15694/mep.2017.000185. eCollection 2017.
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. The number of medical school places appears to be increasing faster than population growth in many parts of the world, with perhaps two main drivers. The first is the increasing population, in particular those with who are older and with chronic, complex health conditions. The second is globalisation and commercialisation of medical education, with growing numbers of fee-paying programs for applicants seeking careers in countries that offer the best career opportunities. Using Australia as an example, this paper suggests that while access to primary medical qualification programs is increasing, barriers to progress may have simply been moved to postgraduate employment and training opportunities, such that producing the workforce needed for a healthier population remains challenging.
本文已迁移。该文章被标记为推荐文章。在世界许多地区，医学院校的招生名额增长速度似乎快于人口增长速度，这可能有两个主要驱动因素。第一个因素是人口增长，尤其是那些年龄较大且患有慢性复杂健康问题的人群。第二个因素是医学教育的全球化和商业化，为寻求在提供最佳职业机会的国家就业的申请者提供的付费项目越来越多。以澳大利亚为例，本文表明，虽然获得初级医学资格项目的机会在增加，但进步的障碍可能只是转移到了研究生就业和培训机会上，因此，培养更健康人口所需的劳动力仍然具有挑战性。
