全球医学院校概览

An Overview of the World’s Medical Schools

全球医学院校数量在过去数年中快速增长，本文提供了现有医学院校的概况，包括学校数量、分布、历史演变以及相关的基本信息，通过将之与世界人口数据和本地区医师密度相比较，可对全球医师资源分布的现状及教育机会等有更清晰的了解。

In the past several years， there has been a rapid expansion in the number of medical schools. This paper provides a general overview of the world’s medical schools， including overall numbers， locations， historical growth and basic descriptive information. By contrasting this information with world population statistics and regional physician density， one can get a better understanding of how physician resources， including training opportunities， are distributed around the world.