CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2003 – The ACGME is proud to announce the publication of its first annual data book, Accreditation Data Systems (ADS) Graduate Medical Education Data Academic Year 2002-03. The book is a comprehensive, 42-page compilation of the ACGME’s aggregate statistical data on residents, residency programs and sponsoring institutions for academic year 2002-03.
The book lists aggregate statistical data the ACGME has gathered through its Internet-based system from sponsoring institutions and ACGME-accredited residency programs. The book includes tables, graphs and charts listing aggregate data on residents on duty in ACGME-accredited programs, other resident information, program accreditation status, program director turnover and participating teaching institutions.
Highlights from the data book include:
- In academic year 2002-03, 713 institutions sponsored a total of 7,878 ACGME-accredited residency programs with 98,484 residents.
- Sixty-seven percent of residents in academic year 2002-03 were graduates of US-LCME-accredited medical schools; 27% were international medical school graduates and 6% were graduates of osteopathic medical schools.
- Internal medicine programs had the highest percentage of residents, (25.4%), followed by family practice (11.8%) and pediatrics (9.1%).
- Women constituted more than half of the residents in obstetrics and gynecology (71%), medical genetics (63%), pediatrics (55%) and dermatology (55%) programs.
Accreditation Data Systems Graduate Medical Education
Data Academic Year 2002-03 is $45. It can be purchased by check
or credit card by sending in the order form posted on the ACGME Web
site, www.acgme.org, or by contacting the ACGME by e-mail, Oplog@acgme.org
or by telephone, 312.755.7464.
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The ACGME is a private, non-profit council that accredits 7,800 residency programs
in 27 specialties affecting 100,000 residents. Its mission is to improve the quality
of health care in the United States by ensuring and improving the quality of graduate
medical education for physicians in training.
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