Medical schools not graduating enough primary care doctors

The nation's medical education system — and the graduate medical education funding that supports it — are failing to produce the primary care physician workforce needed by Americans, particularly those who live in rural areas, according to research in a recent...

A medical education must include teaching the cost of medicine

Medical students are brilliantly frugal. And it's no surprise — according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the average U.S. medical student incurs $170,000 of debt from medical education. They are a resourceful,...

Pitt dean agrees to give medical school faculty greater voice

Facing complaints that medical professors lack adequate voice in school decision-making, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine dean Arthur Levine met privately with campuswide faculty leaders and accepted proposals to bolster shared...