FAMILY MEDICINE MATCH RATE INCREASES SLIGHTLY

Match to family medicine sets record.

On Match Day , it ’ s a family ( medicine ) affair

Just before 9 a.m. on March 15, Danica Lomeli, 28, a soon-to-be MD, stood huddled with a crowd of family members, waiting to open the white envelope gripped in her shaking hands. Her mom, dad, brother, cousins and best friend glanced curiously at the envelope that would play an important role in shaping Lomeli’s future — the result of years of hard work and sacrifice in her quest to become a fa...

Humanities and medicine (a slightly dissident view).

Programs for humanities and medicine are growing in a number of medical schools in the U.S.A. Proponents of the programs, which are intended to bring together humanists, scientists, physicians, and others, believe that broadening the background of physicians will put a more human face on the practice of medicine, despite its increasingly technological nature. There is little to support this pre...

Family medicine and hospital specialty match rates: does the economy have anything to do with it?

OBJECTIVE This study explored whether certain economic markers are associated with changes in the selection of primary care as a career. METHODS Using linear regression models, we examined whether economic factors in the United States could be used to predict the variability in US senior match rates in family medicine and three hospital-based specialties between 1978 and 2000. RESULTS A lin...

Exploring residency match violations in family practice.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study's objective was to learn what student applicants to family practice residency programs in 2002 understood about National Resident Matching Program guideline violations, whether they experienced violations, and how they were affected by perceived violations. METHODS We used qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 15 key informant students. RESULT...