Philadelphia, March 19, 2021 -- The 2021 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine remains the largest training specialty, offering one-quarter (25.6 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered a record high 9,024 categorical positions and 441 primary care positions. Of the categorical positions, 8,632 (95.7 percent) were filled, 5,005 (58 percent) by U.S. medical school seniors. Of the primary care internal medicine positions, 437 (99.1 percent) were filled, 292 (67 percent) by U.S. medical school seniors. Over the last five years, the number of Internal Medicine positions offered has increased by 1,791 (24.8% increase).
鈥淚nternists remain on the front lines of infection control, diagnosis, and treatment battling COVID-19 in hospitals and ambulatory settings across the U.S. during the national public health emergency, and leading our country鈥檚 response to the pandemic,鈥 said ACP's Vice President of Membership and Global Engagement, Philip A. Masters, MD, FACP. 鈥淚nternists have the expertise necessary to investigate new symptoms, make an accurate diagnosis, propose a patient-centered management plan, partner with patients and their caregivers, provide complex care for hospitalized patients, and coordinate interprofessional team care across our complex health care system.鈥
The number of positions offered in internal medicine-pediatrics in 2021 (385) was slightly lower than 2020 and has been relatively unchanged since 2015 (380), with 100 percent of those positions filled, 93.5 percent filled by U.S. medical school seniors.
鈥淭he internal medicine workforce remains the backbone of our health care system, and expansion of this workforce is imperative to provide access to specialty and subspecialty medical care for future patients,鈥 added Dr. Masters.
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