Graduate medical education in the United States
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The annual report by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education on graduate medical education in the US is presented. The report provides a detailed statistical evaluation of the current demographics of residency training in the US, based on responses from 93 percent of all programs which were accredited to train residents in medical specialties during the 1988-89 academic year. According to the report, internal medicine has the largest number of accredited programs (441), followed by family practice (383), general surgery (289) and obstetrics/gynecology (281). Residency programs tend to be located in more densely populated areas and more than 150 are located in the Middle Atlantic region. New York has 14 percent of all residency programs and trains the largest percentage of residents (15.1 percent). California ranks second in programs (9.5 percent) and in trainees (9.5). The report also claims that the ability to finance postgraduate medical education in the future is being threatened by attempts to reduce expenditures for medical services and hospitals. Most programs are currently hospital based and funded from hospital revenues. Limited funds are provided by medical schools and state and federal agencies, while military and Veterans Administration hospitals provide a significant amount of funds to the graduate residency training. The number of residency positions has not changed markedly during the past three years, although the number of unfilled positions has increased, but the number of interns and entry-level residents, or GY-1s, has continued to decrease since 1985. The number of women has remained stable, the percentage of foreign medical school graduates has decreased to 15.3 percent and the number of black non-Hispanic residents has decreased. However, the number of graduates of osteopathic medical school programs which participate in this accreditation program has increased by 39 percent since 1986.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1989
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Graduate medical education in the United States
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Statistical information on the number and composition of postgraduate medical education in the United States has been obtained by the Division of Medical Education Research and Information of the American Medical Association. The participants in this years study were provided with preprogrammed computer diskettes which allowed the collected data to be rapidly collected, combined and statistically analyzed. This study statistically breaks down the numbers, percentages and medical disciplines of the estimated 85,000 individuals who are currently engaged in postgraduate (residency) study within the United States. These results are from programs that have received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and do not include data from institutions such as osteopathic hospitals, which are not accredited by the ACGME. The data provided in this survey are projected from the 71,909 individuals who were reported by participating programs. The number of female residents has remained relatively steady at approximately 29 percent of all trainees. The percentage of black non-Hispanic students has also remained relatively stable at 4.5 percent of residents. The number of foreign medical school graduates in ACGME training programs has gradually declined during the last decade. The number of osteopathic residents in ACGME-accredited programs has increased by 17 percent, from 2,031 in 1987 to 2,449 in 1989; this increase is perhaps because the number of available osteopathic residencies has declined with no corresponding decrease in the number of osteopathic school graduates. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1990
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Educational programs in US medical schools, 2004-2005
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The status of variables related to medical education that represent areas that are in flux or have potential impact on health care delivery are reported. Results indicate that factors such as funding mechanisms and regulations from the public and private sectors might be having an impact on faculty size and composition, and the geographic pipeline of students into medical school and residency training.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2005
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