Significant growth of osteopathic medical education:
Nearly 4,200 medical students graduated this year from one of the nation’s 26 Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, compared with just 2,536 graduates a decade ago.
However, the number of residency positions has remained the same, and in many specialties has decreased. The AOA is trying to shunt students into their unfilled primary care residency positions. This becomes a potential problem when schools boast to prospective students who are told osteopaths practice in every specialty. What they are not told is some of these specialties only offer a handful of positions. Increasing class sizes and opening new schools has the potential to breed resentment among students, and not a desired enthusiasm for primary care.
(Source: nevver)
