Entry of US medical school graduates into family practice residencies: 1992-1993 and three-year summary.
This is the 12th report prepared by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) on the percentage of each medical school's graduates entering family practice residency programs. Approximately 10.8% of the 15,466 graduates of LCME-accredited US medical schools between July 1991 and June 1992 were first-year residents in family practice in October 1992. This compares to 10.3% the previous year. This is the first increase since 1989. Medical school graduates from publicly funded medical schools were more than twice as likely to be first-year residents in family practice in October 1992 than were residents from privately funded schools, 13.8% compared to 6.4%. The Mountain region reported the highest percentage of medical school graduates who were first-year residents in family practice programs in October 1992 at 18.3%; the Middle Atlantic and New England regions continued with the lowest percentages, 5.6% and 7.8%, respectively. Approximately one in two medical school graduates entering a family practice residency program as a first-year resident in October 1992 entered a program in the same state as that of his or her medical school of graduation. The percentages for each medical school have varied substantially from year to year since the AAFP has reported this information. The average percentage for each medical school for the last three years is reported. In addition, the number and percentage of graduates from colleges of osteopathic medicine who entered ACGME-accredited family practice residency programs are reported.