RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Over Half of Graduating Family Medicine Residents Report More Than $150,000 in Educational Debt
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 180
OP 181
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150247
VO 29
IS 2
A1 Andrew Bazemore
A1 Lars Peterson
A1 Anhuradha Jetty
A1 Peter Wingrove
A1 Stephen Petterson
A1 Robert Phillips
YR 2016
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/29/2/180.abstract
AB Primary care workforce shortages are thought to result not only from lower remuneration than other specialties but also from increasing amounts of debt at graduation. A census of 3083 graduating family medicine residents found that 58% reported having >$150,000 in educational debt and 26% reported having >$250,000—levels that may deter students' interest in primary care and constrain the practice location choices of those who do choose primary care.