More residents, more subspecialization

Quick View. Oct. 15, 2007.

The number of medical graduates entering residency for the first time rose 11% over the past five years.

	2001-02	2006-07	Change
Total residents	96,410	104,879	8.8%
First-years with no prior GME	21,254	23,587	11.0%
In specialty programs	84,319	89,269	5.9%
In subspecialty programs	12,091	15,610	29.1%

Work force experts say that figure suggests a similar rise of new doctors going into practice. The data also show that tomorrow's physicians are increasingly subspecializing.

Source: "Graduate Medical Education, 2006-2007," Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept. 5

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