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residency slots vs US medical graduates

April 1, 2026Bryan Carmody

Bryan Carmody warns against matching the number of U.S. medical graduates to the number of residency positions, arguing the second-order effects would be harmful.

We really DON'T want a system in which the number of U.S. medical graduates equals the number of residency positions
We really DON’T want the number of U.S. medical graduates to equal the number of residency positions.
Bryan Carmody
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