And obstetrics/gynecology filled 48 of 49 positions, a distinct improvement over 1999, when
12 of 49 slots were unfilled after the first round. Banner said the 2003 results for these 2 …

Ben Chan's2 analysis of physician shortages developing in the late 1990s showed that the
largest factor in this decline was the additional years of training after elimination of the …

METHODS Our institutional review board exempted this study. Annual data about graduates
from all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education–accredited obstetrics and …

The 2004 residency match has proved a mixed blessing for family medicine. At the end of
the first round of the match on Mar. 24, 124 family practice slots remained vacant. This …

“Right now, we're worried that many can't, and this education work is just a small piece of
helping them,” she said. Fowler noted that residents have told the college they would like …

Advising thousands of medical students regarding their career choices over the past
45years, I often say that their initial decisions will point them in the general direction they are …

cialties or retrain. This lack of flexibility may deter some from choosing a residency in family
medicine, particularly given how difficult it is to transfer residency funding from a 2-year …

364 May 2004 Family Medicine office and hospital visits as the basic units of care. But, more
and more of the care needed by our patients occurs in the home, the nursing home, and …

The number of US medical students entering family medicine continues to decline. Despite
the increased presence of family physicians on medical school faculty and increased …

We are now at the end of the beginning of re-envisioning the future of residency education in
Family Medicine. On December 6-7, 2020, after almost a year of preparation …