To the Editor: We do a disservice to our medical students when we emphasize that their debt
will affect their choice of specialty. 1, 2 From the day they matriculate students hear that their …

In this issue, Bazemore et al demonstrate that 58% of graduating family medicine residents
have more than $150,000 of educational debt, and 26% have more than $250,000 debt. 1 …

Purpose To examine the hypothesis that medical students' rising total educational debt is
one of the factors that explains the recent decline in students' interest in family medicine and …

As medical students shy away from generalist training leading to careers in family practice,
general internal medicine, and general pediatrics, there is concern that mounting …

The history of people and their relationships with debt is an interesting one. Although some
embrace debt as necessary or even opportunistic, for many, debt represents stigma–a …

To the Editor: We read with interest “Over Half of Graduating Family Medicine Residents
Report More Than $150,000 in Educational Debt,” 1 which provides an insight into the debt …

To the Editor: The report by Youngclaus et al1 is an important contribution to the current
discourse on medical student debt and the primary care physician shortage. The authors …

PURPOSE We undertook a study to reexamine the relationship between educational debt
and primary care practice, accounting for the potentially confounding effect of medical …

Rationale: Two key data points in the discussion of medical student education debt are the
percentage of graduates with debt (86% in 2010) and the average education debt of an …

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 …