RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Opinion and Special Articles: “Physician debtor”
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP e29
OP e31
DO 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002299
VO 86
IS 3
A1 Scharf, Eugene L.
A1 Jones, Lyell K.
YR 2016
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/86/3/e29.abstract
AB The increasing cost of attending medical school has contributed to increasing physician indebtedness. The burden of medical school debt has implications for physician career choice, professional satisfaction, and burnout. This opinion discusses the impact of physician indebtedness, the importance of improving debt awareness among neurology trainees, and program- and policy-level solutions to the debt crisis.