Residents Who Completed Training, 2012-21
The table below displays the number and percentage of individuals who completed residency training from 2012 through 2021, are not currently active in any GME program, and practice in Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) compared with those who do not practice in MUAs. Federally designated MUAs are based on an Index of Medical Underservice, which is derived from an area's ratio of primary medical care physicians per 1,000 population, infant mortality rate, percentage of the population with incomes below the poverty level, and percentage of the population age 65 or over. Data are for graduates of MD-granting and DO-granting U.S. and Canadian schools and of international medical schools. The data are limited to physicians providing direct patient care in the United States and Puerto Rico. The data are displayed by the most recently completed ACGME-accredited specialty or subspecialty. For example, 192 of 1,000 (22.8%) of residents who completed a residency program in Allergy and Immunology from 2012 through 2021 went on to practice in an MUA in the United States or Puerto Rico. Counts and percentages shown for specialties do not include counts and percentages for the related subspecialties. Please contact residentreport@aamc.org with any comments or questions.
Selected Finding: Overall, 24.1% of the individuals who completed residency from 2012 through 2021 were practicing in Medically Underserved Areas as of 2022. The rates of practicing in Medically Underserved Areas were greater than 20% for many of the largest specialties, such as Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery.