TY - JOUR 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 SP - 180 LP - 181 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150247 VL - 29 IS - 2 AU - Andrew Bazemore AU - Lars Peterson AU - Anhuradha Jetty AU - Peter Wingrove AU - Stephen Petterson AU - Robert Phillips Y1 - 2016/03/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/29/2/180.abstract N2 - 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. ER -