A Crisis in Medical Education

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The increasing cost of tuition is causing a crisis in most independent medical schools. The tuition increase has been accentuated by double-digit inflation, especially in health-related areas, and by the elimination of a federal program that provided funds to the schools on a per capita basis — the so-called capitation program. Tuition in independent medical schools averages $10,701 for the 1982–1983 academic year.1 The highest tuition is now $19,000. Total annual costs (tuition plus expenses) for a student attending an independent medical school in 1982–1983 average about $18,000, with the highest annual costs reaching more than $25,000.1 Medical students must . . .

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