Figures released in March by means...

Figures released in March by means of the National Resident Matching Program present to view that 82.4 percent of family medicine residencies furnished this year were filled, compared with 788 percent in 2004 The number of residents matching into family medicine was up slightly from last year (2292 compared with 2273 in 2004)although the number of positions upon offer decreased (down to 2782 from 2884 in 2004) For the eighth year in a affray the number of U.S. seniors matching into family medicine residency programs waned (from 1198 in 2004 to 1132 in 2005) while international scholar interest continues to grow.

Mary E Frank, MD Mill Valley, Calif., president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, welcomed the increased fill rate. "Studies clearly demonstrate that the higher the ratio of primary care physicians to population, the better the health issues and the lower the health care costs" she stated. Frank also called upon congress to support family medicine and "help win safe, quality care to all Americans." For more details in succession Match 2005 visit http:// www.aafp.org/match.

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