US graduate medical education, 1996-1997
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The number of first-year residents appears to have dropped since 1994 and most of the decrease is in the number of international medical graduates (IMGs). Between the 1994-95 academic year and the 1996-97 year, the overall number of first-year residents in US residency programs dropped 2%, but the number of first-year IMGs dropped 15%. This occurred even though there were 130 more residency programs in 1996-97 than in 1995-96. There has been widespread concern that increases in residency programs would lead to a surplus of physicians. The decrease seen has occurred without government intervention to reduce spending on residency programs.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Graduate Medical Education, 1997-1998
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The Balanced Budget Act (BRA) of 1997 could affect many medical residency programs. Part of the act limits the number of medical residents in order to prevent a physician surplus. Between 1993 and 1997, the total number of residents was relatively constant. The number of first-year residents also remained constant, but the number entering a new program with some prior experience as a resident dropped 5.8%. The number of international medical graduates in all resident programs increased 12.4% during this period, while the number of US medical school graduates decreased 4.4%.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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The shifting sands of graduate medical education
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It may be difficult to respond to changing needs for physicians because physician supply is usually controlled by graduate medical education. Since the end of the second World War, the number of residency programs has grown to exceed the supply of US medical students. Consequently, many international medical students have filled the void. Two national physician workforce studies have found that the US may have an oversupply of physicians in the near future. However, reductions in some residency programs are often offset by gains in others.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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