August 4, 2000

Should Medical Schools Admit More Applicants?

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

Journal article warns against an increased reliance on graduates of foreign institutions

Medical schools in the United States aren't producing nearly enough graduates to fill entry-level residencies, and should consider increasing their enrollments, a health-policy expert argued in July in The New England Journal of Medicine.

For the past two decades, medical schools have graduated about 16,000

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