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It's almost as if they don't. There are more residency slots than there are American med school grads.
by tryptophan 6y ago
It's almost as if they don't.
There are more residency slots than there are American med school grads.
- heavyset_go 6y agoMaybe there would be more American grads if their prospects were better and the foreign competition wasn't so fierce.
- iso1210 6y agoArtificially increasing scarcity in a market is always a good move
- sjg007 6y agoThe AMA regulates medical school admissions.
- take_a_breath 6y agoWe could ask all other countries to stop training physicians because we can’t. Not sure that would solve the supply constraint, though.
- wittyreference 6y agoNot exactly. Most of the unmatched spots are in transitional year slots, which are meant to fulfill the first-year requirement of residencies that start in year 2 (e.g., some optho residencies), or just provide some time to circle the runway because you didn't successfully match. These aren't real residency spots. There's no excess of residency training slots if you exclude the transition year slots.