Entry of US medical school graduates into family practice residences: 1994-1995 and 3-year summary.

ABSTRACT

This is the 14th report prepared by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) on the percentage of each US medical school's graduates entering family practice residency programs. Approximately 13.4% of the 15,620 graduates of US medical schools between July 1993 and June 1994 were first-year family practice residents in October 1994, compared with 12.3% the previous year. This is the highest percentage since 1980-1981, when this series of studies began. Medical school graduates from publicly funded medical schools were almost twice as likely to be first-year family practice residents in October 1993 than were residents from privately funded schools, 16.4% compared with 9.0%. The West North Central region reported the highest percentage of medical school graduates who were first-year residents in family practice programs in October 1994 at 20.1%; the Middle Atlantic and New England regions continued with the lowest percentages at 7.5% and 8.7%, respectively. At least one in four graduates from 12 medical schools during the reporting period was in a family practice residency program in October 1994, compared with nine in October 1993 and only two medical schools in 1992. Approximately one in two medical school graduates entering a family practice residency program as first-year residents in October 1994 entered a program in the same state where they graduated from medical school. The percentages for each medical school have varied substantially from year to year since the AAFP began reporting this information. The average percentage for each medical school for the last 3 years is reported.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)