Excessive numbers of students in Medical Faculties, Analysis of Cumhuriyet University

Medical education is one of the oldest and toughest trainings in the world. Regardless of the fact that it has ancientnature and serious stacking of experience in the medical education field, it is still a very dynamic process andincorporates unique difficulties in its presence. Like the other professional training, it is essential for the student to learnby observing and experiencing from the tutor directly. In this context, the balance between the numbers of tutor and thestudent is essential. In recent years, the number of medical faculties and the number of students increased dramaticallyall over the country, and the balance is disrupted significantly. In the light of this knowledge, we conducted a year basedextensive analysis by using student and academic stuff records held by Rector's and Deans' offices to determine optimalstudent number of Sivas Cumhuriyet University. As a result, we managed to show that the numbers of medical studentsin Sivas Cumhuriyet University are over its capacity regarding academic stuff and infrastructure possibilities to give aproper education.