title: Megatrends in medical education.
abstract: Several major financial trends affecting medical education are delineated and their implications described. To channel these new economic forces in a productive manner, the curriculum of undergraduate and, especially, graduate medical education need to be reevaluated to ensure that medical training is accomplished in an efficient manner and reflects career opportunities of graduates in an era of excess physician supply.
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004470:Economics, Medical; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004516:Education, Premedical; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011639:Public Opinion; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012106:Research; D014481:United States