Medical Education Futures Study
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
|Welcome to the Medical Education Futures Study (MEFS)!
Welcome to the Medical Education Futures Study (MEFS) website. The mission of MEFS is to highlight the social mission of medical education during the current period of medical school expansion and potential major health care reform. The MEFS website was designed to serve as a vehicle of information and data dissemination for the community of students, educators, practitioners, researchers, policy analysts, policy makers and press. Special thanks to the Macy Foundation, whose generous support made this project possible and the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services which provides us with rich intellectual resources and a home base.
Fitzhugh Mullan, MD
Featured Publications
Academic Medicine Special Issue on Title VII Funding
Academic Medicine, November 2008
"Since 1963, funding appropriated by Congress under Title VII has financed the expansion and improvement of primary care and dentistry training across the United States, but many lament that its true impact is difficult to measure. The November issue of Academic Medicine highlights programs and innovations funded by Title VII Section 747, illustrating first-hand the deep impact this funding has had on primary care and dentistry training." Read More...
Physician Supply Follows Federal Policy: A Lesson From History
Medical Education Futures Study, October 2008
"Predictions of physician supply have swung from surplus to shortage and back again over the past century. While the answer to the question, "What is the right number of physicians?" is debatable, there is no question that physician supply is sensitive to legislative and policy changes." Read More...
In Legislation / On The Hill
Senate passes Health Care Safety Net Act of 2008 (H.R. 1343)
September 24, 2008 Washington, D.C. - The Senate unanimously passed the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2008 which will provide funding for community health centers. They also approved an amendment to the bill that would reauthorize the National Health Service Corps. Read More...
House passes Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007 (H.R. 2583)
September 23, 2008 Washingtron, D.C. - The House passed by a voice vote HR 2583. The bill would provide $44.2 million from FY 2010 to FY 2014 to provide loans to public and not-for-profit hospitals to create residency training programs for physicians. The bill specifies preference for training programs in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and hospitals in rural areas or small cities. Read More...
Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Healthcare Delivery System Reform
September 16, 2008 Washington, D.C. - The Senate Finance Committee held a session as part of a series of hearings to discuss overhauling the nation's health care system. Witnesses stressed the need for increased Medicare reimbursements for primary care services and pilot programs to test the use of medical homes. Read More...
In The News
Expert Panel Calls for Medicare Payment Reform
AAFP News Now, November 5, 2008
Medicare's fee-for-service payment structure has created a disjointed and fragmented payment system that discourages care coordination and the provision of primary care services. That was one of the main messages delivered by an expert panel during a forum on health care quality and the health delivery system held here on Oct. 31." Read More…
The Solution to the US Health-Care Crisis
The Lancet, November 3, 2008
"Our system is riddled with unconscionable disparities—geographical, socioeconomic, ethnic, and racial—in health care and health status, which could all be mitigated by consistent access to a medical home. A medical home is a health-care setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients and their physicians. So, what we really need in this country is universal access to primary care." Read More…
Medical Student Burnout and the Challenge of Patient Care
New York Times, October 30, 2008
"Medical school was not easy for me. I knew that I wanted to become a doctor to help people, but I had given little thought to the process." Read More…
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