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Medical school admissions and physician supply capacity

March 31, 2026C. Michael Gibson MD, John P Erwin III MD MBA MACC (#BigPoppy )

C. Michael Gibson and John P Erwin III question whether rejecting tens of thousands of applicants is appropriate and ask how to design admissions and training capacity to produce enough physicians while maintaining quality and equity.

Should we be rejecting 30,000 American medical school applicants each year ?
Given these data, how should we design medical-school admissions and training capacity so that society reliably produces enough well-qualified physicians while maintaining educational quality and equitable access to the profession?
C. Michael Gibson MD
John P Erwin III MD MBA MACC (#BigPoppy )
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