Internal Medicine Residency Programs Continue to Grow But Policies Needed to Ensure Patient Access to General Internists
March 16, 2018
March 16, 2018
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 16 -- The American College of Physicians issued the following news release:
The 2018 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine continues to be the largest training specialty, offering over one-quarter (26.2 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered 7,542 categorical positions and 374 primary care positions, an increase of 309 categorical positions (4.3 percent) and 33 primary care positions (9.7 perc . . .
The 2018 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine continues to be the largest training specialty, offering over one-quarter (26.2 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered 7,542 categorical positions and 374 primary care positions, an increase of 309 categorical positions (4.3 percent) and 33 primary care positions (9.7 perc . . .