Why Are Today's Medical Students Choosing High-Technology Specialties over Internal Medicine?

W. H. Bunch; V. M. Dvonch; Richard Lewis; David Babbott; George W. Mitchell; Henry J. Mankin; Allan E. Kolker; David W. Parke; L. Fleming Fallon; Allan R. Tunkel; Leonard A. Katz; Thomas A. Traill; Stephen C. Achuff; Christine L. Shields; Eric Reiss; John McAdam; Deirdre M. Bastible; Carol Martinez Weber; Brian C. Scanlan; William J. Vicic; Susan P. Righi; Daniel J. McCarty

doi:10.1056/NEJM198802183180716

Why Are Today's Medical Students Choosing High-Technology Specialties over Internal Medicine?

W. H. Bunch, V. M. Dvonch, Richard Lewis, David Babbott, George W. Mitchell, Henry J. Mankin, Allan E. Kolker, David W. Parke, L. Fleming Fallon, Allan R. Tunkel, Leonard A. Katz, Thomas A. Traill, Stephen C. Achuff, Christine L. Shields, Eric Reiss, John McAdam, Deirdre M. Bastible, Carol Martinez Weber, Brian C. Scanlan, William J. VicicSusan P. Righi, Daniel J. McCarty

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Abstract

To the Editor: In his Sounding Board article (Aug. 27 issue),¹ McCarty laments the brain drain from internal medicine to other specialties that Matching Day (“Black Tuesday”) seems to announce. If one looks only at the unmatched positions for internal medicine, the apocalypse does indeed seem close at hand (Table 1). However, the unmatched positions do not illustrate a dismaying retreat from medicine at all. Rather, they describe disjunctions caused by an increase in the number of positions offered, set against a decline in the number of eligible candidates. In 1987, the number of positions offered in internal medicine increased,.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	453-456
Number of pages	4
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	318
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198802183180716
State	Published - Feb 18 1988

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Bunch, W. H., Dvonch, V. M., Lewis, R., Babbott, D., Mitchell, G. W., Mankin, H. J., Kolker, A. E., Parke, D. W., Fallon, L. F., Tunkel, A. R., Katz, L. A., Traill, T. A., Achuff, S. C., Shields, C. L., Reiss, E., McAdam, J., Bastible, D. M., Weber, C. M., Scanlan, B. C., ... McCarty, D. J. (1988). Why Are Today's Medical Students Choosing High-Technology Specialties over Internal Medicine? New England Journal of Medicine, 318(7), 453-456. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198802183180716

Bunch, WH, Dvonch, VM, Lewis, R, Babbott, D, Mitchell, GW, Mankin, HJ, Kolker, AE, Parke, DW, Fallon, LF, Tunkel, AR, Katz, LA, Traill, TA , Achuff, SC, Shields, CL, Reiss, E, McAdam, J, Bastible, DM, Weber, CM, Scanlan, BC, Vicic, WJ, Righi, SP & McCarty, DJ 1988, 'Why Are Today's Medical Students Choosing High-Technology Specialties over Internal Medicine?', New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 318, no. 7, pp. 453-456. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198802183180716

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