FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT ON MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA BY THE COUNCIL ON MEDICAL EDUCATION AND HOSPITALS OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Donald G. Anderson, M.D., and Anne Tipner
Introduction
This report is the forty-ninth annual compilation of information and statistics on medical education in the United States and Canada by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association.The statistics concerning medical schools, students and graduates, which have been regular features of this report, are presented as in former years. This year for the first time certain statistical data have been analyzed on the basis of whether the schools are privately or publicly owned. A number of subjects of current interest and importance are also discussed, including the survey of medical education, the number of unfilled positions on the instructional staffs of the schools, the plans of medical students for future practice,