Title: Trends in Graduate Medical Education and Specialty Certification
Abstract: Abstract To obtain a quantitative measure of the extent to which graduate education and qualification for specialty certification have become an integral part of the total educational experience, samples of 1960 and 1964 graduates of United States medical schools were tracked through residency training and the specialty certification process, and into present professional activities. Of 1337 physicians studied, about 90 per cent had residency training; over 70 per cent completed residency and entered the certification process. Of the 1960 graduates whose career choices were then recognized by established specialty boards, 99 per cent entered residency, 86 per cent completed residency and entered the certification process, and 73 per cent had achieved specialty certification. The overwhelming motivation for graduate education and specialty certification evidenced by these graduates, together with a shortening of formal medical education, and approval of the specialty of family practice (1969), warrant the conclusion that during the 1970's, virtually all United States graduates will undertake residency training and seek specialty certification. (N Engl J Med 290:545–549, 1974)
Publication Year: 1974
Publication Date: 1974-03-07
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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