BACKGROUND:" The Class of 1989" is a longitudinal study of 1722 people who were
awarded an MD degree by a Canadian university in 1989. This paper reports on the details …

BACKGROUND:" The Class of 1989" is a study of 1722 people who were awarded an MD
degree by a Canadian university in 1989. This paper reports on migration, specialty choices …

Major changes in physician-resource policies and in the structuring of medical licensure
requirements in the past decade have resulted in a less flexible system with respect to both …

Objective.—To gain information about the career status of residents who completed
graduate medical education training programs in selected specialties and subspecialties …

The MD program at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., differs from that at most other
Canadian universities in the profile of students admitted and in its teaching methods. To …

Methods* This study included all graduates of the seven Illinois medical schools from 1988
through 1995 included in the AAMC GME Tracking Census (GMETC). These data are …

Postgraduate medical education underwent substantial change during the 1970s: medical-
school classes grew, the internship year was eliminated, and the numbers of MDs entering …

Despite the ever-present risk of a critical imbalance in the physician workforce total numbers
and specialty distribution, no systematic planning mechanism is in place. Furthermore, the …

Abstract Knowledge of the timing of, reasons for, and frequency of major medical-career
changes of medical school graduates is useful in considering physician manpower needs …

This study is a follow-up analysis of increments in specialty board certification rates
occurring between 1971 and 1976 for 2,046 physicians who graduated in 1960, 1964, and …