title: Don't know, don't care: revisited.
abstract: This study re-evaluates the awareness and attitudes of medical students concerning military programs, which can provide financial support for medical student education. An original study, 10 years ago, demonstrated a minimal awareness of these programs. With medical school tuitions rising dramatically in the intervening years, as well as the resultant student indebtedness increasing significantly, it is appropriate to readdress this knowledge of attitude toward financial options through military programs for medical students. Reassessment was undertaken using the same evaluation instrument. In the decade in which these four assessments were made, attitudes toward amelioration of medical student tuitional indebtedness, through programs sponsored by the Department of Defense, have worsened. This phenomenon jeopardizes military medicine and, in so doing, negatively impacts readiness of our Armed Forces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ/New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07101, USA.
authors.forename: George F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: Asha G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bale
authors.forename: Kenneth G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Swan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D003625:Data Collection; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006078:Government Programs / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States