title: Pathology trainee manpower. Historical perspectives.
abstract: Discussions of pathology manpower typically involve short-term projections. For example, the best current data indicate a significant shortage of community-hospital/private-laboratory pathologists over the 5-year period from 1988 through 1993. Even though such short-term predictions are important in the debate over strategic planning in pathology, they need to be placed in a broader historical context. Therefore, we present the long-term trends in pathology trainee manpower. These trends indicate why predictions of a shortage should not come as a surprise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1072.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Vance
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Prichard
mesh_terms: D004493:Education; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006280:Health Workforce; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010336:Pathology / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends