Educational Programs in US Medical Schools

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Abstract
Historical review of the medical education issues of JAMA, first published in 1901, allows us to identify decades of intense change interspersed with periods of relative stability. The 1960s was a decade of rapid growth and expansion in response to a then national priority— increasing the number of physicians in the United States. The number of medical schools grew from 86 in the 1960-1961 academic year to 103 in 1970-1971, and the entering class size increased from 8298 to 11 348. This growth continued during the 1970s, and by the 1980-1981 academic year there were 126 medical schools and 17204 entering students. To support this explosive growth, various liaison committees responsible for the accreditation of medical education were redesigned. Also associated with the expansion of medical education during the late 1960s and early 1970s was an intense burst of curricular innovation. By 1980, the growth phase was flattening, and governmental

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