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…

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,…