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More residents, more subspecialization

Quick View. Oct. 15, 2007.

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

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.

This information and the accompanying full-text visual aids were drawn from the following source:

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

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