Results of the National Resident Matching Program are discussed, including changes in enrollment, withdrawal, and matching patterns, data on foreign medical graduates, ratio of positions per applicant, specialization patterns, and program participation. Tabulations for each specialty are presented in numerical and percentage forms. (MSE)

Past and current impacts of the supply of foreign medical graduates (FMGs) on the total physician supply and on the availability of physician services are reviewed, and the possible future role of FMGs is forecasted. The relationship of the levels and changes in FMG supply to legislative decisions of the past three decades is also addressed, with…

Graduates of "fifth pathway" programs at medical schools in New York state between 1976-1978 were studied to determine their professional careers and choice of medical specialties. Fifth pathway graduates, 95 percent from Mexican medical schools, were more likely to select nonprimary care than primary care specialties. (Author/MLW)

The increase in the number of women and the decline in the number of foreign medical graduates in U.S. medicine were studied by comparing the specialty distributions of house officers in the 1973-74 and 1979-80 training years. Implications are discussed in the context that there is a physician surplus. (Author/MLW)

A profile of U.S. citizen foreign medical graduates (USFMGs) was developed from the point of entry to foreign medical school, through selection of a specialty, to establishment of a medical practice. Variables that determine USFMGs' choice of specialty and practice location were determined, using decision models and multinomial logit techniques.…

Results of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) for 1980 are reported. The data include positions offered and filled by medical specialty and type of applicant. Applicant types are classified as U.S. students, North American graduates, and foreign graduates. Comparisons are made with the NRMP results for 1979. (JMD)

Results of the National Intern and Resident Matching Program for the past four years show a steadily increasing number of positions offered and filled in the primary care specialities. Marked differences in the number of positions offered and filled were found among the various regions of the U.S. (Author/LBH)

Indications from a 1977 COTH survey are that 20 percent of member institutions expect a significant effect from the anticipated reduction of foreign medical school graduates permitted in the U.S., and that there are sizable interprogram shifts of funded house staff positions, especially into internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, and…

The rates at which United States medical school seniors and other applicants, Canadian citizens, and foreign medical graduates enrolled in and were placed by the National Resident Matching Program in 1987 are presented and analyzed. (MSE)

The specialty choice of Black citizens in residence as of September 1977 is compared with the choice pattern of all physicians certified by specialty boards as of December 1977. Results indicate that the choice patterns of Blacks are almost identical to those of all board certified physicians with the implication that the choices of Blacks are…

A bibliography from the National Library of Medicine's MEDLARS Program covers: accreditation, certification and licensure; computers; continuing education; curriculum; educational measurement; faculty; forensic medicine; history; internship and residency; medical education in other countries; minority groups, sex and age factors; and premedical…

Data on graduate medical education in Europe are tabulated in this report from the World Health Organization. The information was collected from a short questionnaire distributed in 1976 to countries of the European region using the English language, and in 1977 to those countries using French and Russian. The countries surveyed include: Algeria,…

Among the approximately 480 references on medical education, the following topics are covered: accreditation and certification, computers, continuing education, curriculum, educational measurement, research and evaluation, foreign graduates, forensic medicine, graduate education, history, internships, foreign education, schools, minority groups,…

Approximately 200 citations on medical education, obtained through the National Library of Medicine, are presented. Topics include continuing education, graduate medical education, medical education in other countries, specialism, medical students, educational history, forensic medicine, educational measurement, medical schools, and teaching…

Approximatley 225 citations are presented dealing with these aspects of medical education: accreditation, computers, continuing education, curriculum, educational measurement, faculty, foreign graduates, graduate education, history, foreign education, minority groups, schools, specialism, students, teaching hospitals, teaching methods, and…