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Current Editors: Fareen Momin and Jane Onyemachi
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Saturday, November 02, 2013
Medical School Graduates Without a Residency Offer an Increasing Concern
Atul Nakhasi,
a medical student at Johns Hopkins, published an opinion piece in the
October 31, 2013 Wall Street Journal (One Quick Fix to Ease the Coming
Doctor Shortage, page A15). He reported that last year, 1761
MDs could not find residency positions. He thinks this situation may
become worse as more US medical schools are opening (a 30% increase in
the number of first year medical students by 2017) coupled with less
federal funding for residency education (proposed
$11 billion budget cut over the next 10 years).