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Radiation oncology: Postgraduate medical education in the United States, 1988
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Radiation oncology: Postgraduate medical education in the United States, 1988

James D. Cox, Daniel F. Flynn, Donna D. Pittman, Luther W. Brady and Juan A. Del Regato
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, v 16(6), pp 1577-1582
1989
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(89)90965-6
PMID: 2656602
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Abstract

Certification Postgraduate training Therapeutic radiology
The fourteenth survey of postgraduate medical education in radiation oncology in the United States was conducted in the first three months of 1988. It revealed stability in the number of approved programs, positions offered, and physicians in training compared with 1986. The proportion of trainees who were U.S. citizens by birth rose to an all-time high of 88%, and the proportion of foreign medical graduates decreased to 9%. The proportion of women in residency has remained unchanged (24%) over the past 6 years. At present, approximately 150 physicians complete residency and enter practice each year, one-third of whom commence in an academic setting. A high proportion of recent graduates of approved programs successfully completes the examinations and becomes certified by the American Board of Radiology.

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