This week’s edition of Modern Healthcare included an article about the rise of enrollment in medical schools around the country, and steps being taken to accommodate and meet the needs of students.
Paul Katz, MD, Founding Dean of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, was interviewed for the article stating he believes significant attention needs to be given to addressing medical debt as a means of encouraging a more financially and ethnically diverse pool of medical school applicants.
“Students can come out with $200,000 in debt, and to begin your career in that kind of hole is staggering.”