Entry of Medical School Graduates Into Family Medicine Residencies: 2016-2017. 2017

Stanley M Kozakowski, and Alexandra Travis, and Julie P Marcinek, and Ashley Bentley, and Gerald T Fetter
Medical Education Division, American Academy of Family Physicians.

This annual report is an expansion on previous reports in this series that provides further evidence that the current medical school system is failing, collectively, to produce the primary care workforce that is needed to achieve optimal health in the United States. Inclusion of data on the performance of DO-granting and international medical schools, creates a more complete and complex picture of the contribution of all medical school types to the primary care workforce that should allow stakeholders to set goals, identify institutions with models from which to learn, and develop strategies for continuous improvement. US MD graduates made up 49% of the entering first-year class of family medicine residencies accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), a percentage that is not statistically changed from the 11-year average of 46%. Over the same time, the percentage of DO graduates in the entering class has been increasing at an annual rate of 1%, while the percentage of international graduates has been decreasing in a reciprocal manner. Production of family medicine graduates has varied widely between and within medical school types. The number of graduates entering family medicine programs accredited by the ACGME underrepresents the overall family medicine output by US medical schools since up to a third of DO graduates have historically entered residencies accredited only by the American Osteopathic Association. While marked differences between public and private continue among US MD-granting medical schools, the percentages are nearly equal between public and private for DO-granting medical schools, with a slightly higher percentage for private schools.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007396 Internship and Residency Programs of EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE training to meet the requirements established by accrediting authorities. House Staff,Internship, Dental,Residency, Dental,Residency, Medical,Dental Internship,Dental Internships,Dental Residencies,Dental Residency,Internship,Internship, Medical,Internships, Dental,Medical Residencies,Medical Residency,Residencies, Dental,Residencies, Medical,Residency,Residency and Internship,Internships, Medical,Medical Internship,Medical Internships,Residencies,Staff, House
D010021 Osteopathic Medicine A medical discipline that is based on the philosophy that all body systems are interrelated and dependent upon one another for good health. This philosophy, developed in 1874 by Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, recognizes the concept of "wellness" and the importance of treating illness within the context of the whole body. Special attention is placed on the MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM. Medicine, Osteopathic,Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine,Manipulative Medicine, Osteopathic,Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative
D002321 Career Choice Selection of a type of occupation or profession. Career Choices,Choice, Career,Choices, Career
D004503 Education, Medical, Graduate Educational programs for medical graduates entering a specialty. They include formal specialty training as well as academic work in the clinical and basic medical sciences, and may lead to board certification or an advanced medical degree. Medical Education, Graduate,Education, Graduate Medical,Graduate Medical Education
D005194 Family Practice A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family. Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.

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