ArticleNeurology. Education2024
Education Research: Observational Study of Educational Debt Among US Medical Graduates Entering Neurology, 2010-2021.
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: To identify trends in educational debt for US medical school graduates entering neurology and compare debt to anticipated compensation. Methods: Data of 148 accredited medical schools were obtained from the Association of American Medical Colleges Graduation and Matriculating Student Questionnaires to identify self-reported educational debt for graduates pursuing neurology training. Trends were assessed in a 2-year interval from 2010 to 2021. Descriptive statistics were used to assess characteristics associated with debt. Dollar amounts were adjusted to 2021 US dollars. Total compensation by subspecialty from the 2021 American Academy of Neurology Compensation and Productivity Survey was used to calculate debt-to-income ratios by subspecialty. Results: There were 182,738 responses recorded from medical graduates from 2010 to 2021, of which 4,466 planned on neurology training. The percentage of medical graduates entering neurology with debt decreased from 82% in 2010-2011 to 71% in 2020-2021. Among indebted, the median educational debt increased 9% from $192,613 (interquartile range [IQR] $140,908) in 2010-2011 to $209,396 (IQR $159,128) in 2020-2021 ( Discussion: The burden of educational debt for neurology-bound graduates is increasingly concentrated among those from lower-income families and racial and ethnic groups who are URiM. Subspecialties that often manage patients in the outpatient setting, as compared with those that are primarily inpatient/procedural, may have greater debt with respect to their compensation. Nearly half of 2021 graduates pursuing neurology plan to use tax-payer funds for loan forgiveness.
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