More schools win awards for training future family physicians
In 1992, the Academy started an award program, and no medical school managed to go for the gold.
That's changed -- dramatically.
This year, seven schools qualified for gold awards. That means at least 30 percent of their graduates entered family practice residencies, averaged over the last three years (1995-97).
The total number of Family Practice Percentage Awards has also escalated, from 14 in 1992 to 46 this year. In addition to gold awards, silver awards go to schools with 25-29.9 percent of their graduates opting for family practice, and bronze awards recognize schools with 20-24.9 percent of their graduates becoming first-year family practice residents.
The Academy bestowed this year's awards during the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's annual meeting in April in Chicago. The award program tracks the graduates of schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and pertains to graduates who enter residencies accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department. Copyright © 1998 by American Academy of Family Physicians.