The Rising Cost of Medical Education and Its Significance for (Not Only) Psychiatry

[...]medical school graduates have fewer years in which to earn income and repay their debts. [...]rising education costs may have a significant and negative impact on the diversity of the student body in US medical schools. [...]data from one institution further supports these results: the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, a new medical school that enrolled its charter class in 2009, became the first medical school in the nation to offer a full, 4-year, tuition-and-living-expenses scholarship to the entire class. The combination of high income (average of US$471,555 in 2012 per the Medical Group Management Association) and lifestyle certainly plays a role in dermatology’s popularity among US medical school graduates [11].