Resident, fellow enrollment increases 14% in a decade
Enrollment in resident and fellow programs increased by 14 percent between 2004 and 2014, according to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), which released a report of biennial data on the physician workforce from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Programs grew in every state except Hawaii during the 10 years.
Every state had an ACGME-accredited program by 2014 but the number of slots in each state varied greatly. Alaska had the fewest, with 4.9 fellows and students enrolled in ACGME-accredited programs per 100,000 population in 2014, and Massachusetts had the highest with 81.7 per 100,000 population. The national average was 36.9.
Nationally, there were 13.6 primary care residents and fellows per 100,000 population enrolled in GME programs in 2014, with the highest concentrations in the Northeast and Midwest.
According to the report, there were more residents and fellows in GME programs in 2014 than students in medical schools due to international medical graduates, who accounted for about one-quarter of residents and fellows in the U.S.
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