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B C Pevehouse

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PubMed1994

The United States Neurological Surgery Residency Matching Program.

After 3 years of deliberations, The Society of Neurological Surgeons approved a national Neurological Surgery Matching Program in 1983 for residency positions beginning July 1, 1985. All directors of United States neurological surgery residency training programs agreed to participate and abide by the rules of the match. A review of 10 years' experience with 11 matches from 1983 to 1994 indicates full acceptance by both applicants and program directors and a highly successful process and outcome, satisfactory for everyone except for qualified applicants who failed to obtain a residency position. Since 1985, 1455 neurosurgical (Postgraduate Year 2) residency positions have been offered for match, and 2708 applicants have submitted a ranking list, filling 1434 positions with the initial computer run each year and leaving 1274 unmatched applicants. Thus, the ratio of applicants to available positions is almost 2:1. Various interesting details about multiple-year applications, International Medical Graduates, and nonstart, transfer, and dropout rates are presented, including the eventual practice activities of residents not completing neurosurgical training. A comparison of all United States medical schools, considering data on applications and matches for neurosurgical residency versus number of senior medical students, reveals wide differences. These differences are probably related to the availability of neurosurgical clerkships, faculty participation in the undergraduate curriculum, and the presence of a neurosurgical residency program.

Career Choice↗
PubMed1984

Residency training in neurological surgery, 1934-1984: evolution over 50 years of trial and tribulation. The 1984 AANS presidential address.

The President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) reviews formal neurosurgical training in the United States from its inception with one program in 1934 to 1984, with 94 programs and 650 residents. He reports on the 1st year's experience with a national neurosurgical residency matching plan. He presents realistic remedies for today's professional liability dilemma and analyzes socioeconomic factors that have led to the complex challenges facing neurosurgeons in this decade, relating the importance of the AANS mission and goals in resolving these issues.

Economics, Medical↗