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In the 25 years from 1980 to 2005 the US population increased by 70 million, but the
number of MD graduates from US medical schools remained static at approximately 16,000
per year,1 and the number of first-year positions in US residency programs increased
to 23,000.2 The residency positions not filled by US MD graduates were filled by international
medical graduates and osteopathic graduates. The number of international medical graduates
in US residency programs doubled from 11,424 in 1980 to 22,419 in 2000.
Reforming the graduate medical education system will require accurate data on the true costs of training physicians, greater oversight and accountability, and a transition from the current outdated financing system.
A pair of bills proposed by an Arlington lawmaker in the General Assembly could help bolster the ranks of health care workers and teachers stretched thin during