The number and type of affiliate faculty needed is determined by the anticipated size of the student body in years three and four and the clinical training capacity of each affiliated hospital. The latter results from the anticipated size of the student body in each rotation at each hospital and input from each hospital’s DMEs. In this way, the school ensures that sufficient faculty are appointed at each hospital to support the educational program. This calculation considers that clinical faculty in the hospitals usually have other responsibilities, including patient care and involvement in other training programs.