Slides featuring most recent data on physician workforce projections, trends in supply, trends in UME, trends in GME, trends in physician diversity, data on access to care.
During AAMC’s 2018 Annual Meeting, Learn Serve Lead, AAMC’s Director of Workforce Studies, Michael Dill, delivered the 2018 Annual Address on the State of the Physician Workforce. He provided an overview of the latest physician workforce projections and multiple factors that influence workforce needs, including undergraduate and graduate medical education (UME and GME) trends; the workforce implications of emerging trends such as integrating new team members into care, work hours, and retirement; and the growth in telehealth use. The 2018 Annual Address on the State of the Physician Workforce includes the most recent data on the physician workforce, including trainees, practitioners, and faculty as appropriate. New data and trends in trainee and workforce diversity will be presented, as will current data and research on access to care, especially for vulnerable populations.
Key Takeaways:
- Factors affecting physician workforce projections
- Trends in physician workforce diversity
- Characteristics associated with barriers to health care access