Addicted to Indebtedness: Steppingstone to Success or Millstone Around the Doctor's Neck?
- 10 November 2020
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Vol. 232 (1), 116-117
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.09.024
Abstract
A recent article in the Journal of American College of Surgeons 1 Gray K. Kaji A.H. Wolfe M. et al. Influence of student loan debt on general surgery resident career and lifestyle decision-making. J Am Coll Surg. 2020; 230 : 137-181 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (2) Google Scholar suggests that mounting debt from school loans is having a significant impact on the choices that medical students make in selecting their residency and career specialty. I am deeply concerned that the influence of this indebtedness extends far beyond specialty choice. Our medical students are, in large numbers, becoming "addicted to indebtedness."Keywords
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- Influence of Student Loan Debt on General Surgery Resident Career and Lifestyle Decision-MakingJournal of the American College of Surgeons, 2020