Entry of US medical school graduates into family practice residencies: 1999-2000 and 3-year summary

This is the 19th report prepared by the American Academy of Family Physicia ns (AAFP) on the percentage of each US medical school's graduates entering family practice residency programs. Approximately 13.4% of the 16,143 gradu ates of US medical schools between July 1998 and June 1999 were first-year family practice residents in 1999, compared with 15.4% in 1998 and 16.6% in 1997. Medical school graduates from publicly funded medical schools were a lmost twice as likely to be first-year family practice residents in October 1999 than were residents from privately funded schools, 16.2% compared wit h 9.3%. The West North Central region reported the highest percentage of me dical school graduates who were first-year residents in family practice pro grams in October 1999 at 20.6%; the Middle Atlantic and New England regions reported the lowest percentages at 7.7% and 8.0%, respectively. Nearly hal f of the medical school graduates (48.4%) entering a family practice reside ncy program as first-year residents in October 1999 entered a program in th e same state where they graduated from medical school. The percentages for each medical school have varied substantially from year to year since the A AFP began reporting this information. This article reports the average perc entage for each medical school for the last 3 years. Also reported are the number and percentage of graduates from colleges of osteopathic medicine wh o entered Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited f amily practice residency programs, based on estimates provided by the Ameri can Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.