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PMID: 20604854 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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CONTEXT Since the early 1990s, medical school tuition fees have increased substantially in all regions of Canada except Quebec. This provides a natural opportunity to examine the effect of tuition fee increases on medical student demographics, indebtedness and financial stress. METHODS We conducted a national survey of medical students in 2007. We compared results for Quebec students with results for students studying in other parts of the country. We also compared results for 2007 medical students with results for medical students who had completed a similar survey in 2001 and with data for the general population. For the 2007 cohort, we also identified predictors of anticipated debt at the time of medical school graduation. RESULTS A total of 7795 students responded to either the 2001 (n = 3871) or 2007 (n = 3924) survey. Median anticipated debt increased from $40 000 in 2001 to $71 000 in 2007 (Canadian dollars). Medical students in Quebec were more likely to have grown up in a lower-income neighbourhood (odds ratio [OR] = 1.22, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03-1.44), were less likely to report significant financial stress (OR = 0.43, 95% CI 0.37-0.50) and reported a lower median anticipated debt than medical students in the rest of Canada ($30 000 versus $90 000; p < 0.001). Across Canada, factors associated with increased debt at the time of graduation were higher tuition fees, lower parental income, non-Chinese ethnicity, higher debt at entry to medical school, smaller non-repayable financial grants, longer pre-medical education and higher non-tuition expenses. CONCLUSIONS Quebec medical students differ from their counterparts in the rest of Canada in several notable ways. In particular, medical student debt has increased more and is greater in the rest of Canada than in Quebec. Our findings have implications for doctor human resources planning in Canada. |
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Shaheed Merani; Sonya Abdulla; Jeffrey C Kwong; Laura Rosella; David L Streiner; Ian L Johnson; Irfan A Dhalla |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: Medical education Volume: 44 ISSN: 1365-2923 ISO Abbreviation: Med Educ Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
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Created Date: 2010-07-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7605655 Medline TA: Med Educ Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 577-86 Citation Subset: IM |
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Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
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