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Are They Compatible?

Stephen Evans, MD; Babak Sarani, MD

Arch Surg. 2002;137:274-277.

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INTRODUCTION

In the August 1987 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr McCarty referred to the soaring number of unmatched internal medicine residency spots as "Black Tuesday."¹ Now, nearly 15 years later, general surgery is facing the same dilemma, as the number of unmatched categorical positions has increased 10-fold in the last 4 years, and more than 100 vacant positions are anticipated in the 2002 match (Figure 1).² A multitude of changes in the demographics and desires of graduating medical students, coupled with a relative lack of change in surgical training programs, have forever changed the applicant pool from which general surgery departments recruit their trainees. As a result, the number of applicants to general surgery programs has decreased by 30% in the last 9 years, and there are no data to suggest that this trend will stop (Figure . . . [Full Text of this Article]

THE STUDENT

Gender and Age

Ethnicity

Generation X

Debt

THE PROGRAM

THE FACULTY MENTOR

CONCLUSIONS

From the Department of Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.

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