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Table 4 - Women Residents by Specialty - 2005

  Total Number of Female Residents = 43,948
Total Number of Physicians in Residency Training = 103,106
Specialty  Number of
Residents in the
Specialty
 
Number (%)
that are Female
 
Internal Medicine (IM)  21,885 9,184(42.4)
Pediatrics (PD)  7,965 5,587(70.1)
Family Medicine 9,394 4,896(52.1)
Obstetrics and Gynecology  4,720 3,568(75.6)
Psychiatry (P)  4,662 2,486(53.3)
General Surgery  7,628 2,130(27.9)
Anesthesiology (A)  4,793 1,473(30.7)
Radiology Diagnostic  4,231 1,180(27.9)
Pathology (PTH)  2,330 1,195(51.3)
Dermatology (D)  1,028 634(61.7)

Source: JAMA, September 6, 2006, Vol 296,No.9,pages 1154-1163. Graduate Medical Education 2005-2006.

 

 
Last updated: Sep 30, 2008
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