Attrition In Residency Associated With Several Factors

Graduates of medical school who enter residency programs seem more likely to change specialty or discontinue completely if they are highly qualified academically, pursuing general surgery, or a five-year surgical specialty, according to an article released on December 15, 2008 in Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The graduate medical education system is structured in a specific way.

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Filed under: Medical Students on January 4th, 2009