Tarlov A R, Schleiter M K, Weil P A
Ann Intern Med. 1979 Aug;91(2):295-300. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-91-2-295.
The National Study of Internal Medicine Manpower gathered data on the number of residents in training in internal medicine and the number of fellows in subspecialty training, for 1977-1978 and for 1978-1979. In the latter period, there were 16720 residents in all years of training. The 7.2% average annual increase in the number of first-year residents during the earlier half of the 1970s slowed in 1977-1978 and 1978-1979 to 4.6% and 4.2%, respectively, reflecting a similar decline in the number of medical school graduates. The most important finding of the study is that the steep rise (10.6% per year) in the number of subspecialty fellowship trainees characteristic of the years 1972-1973 through 1976-1977 has abated. The number of fellows in subspecialty training has remained essentially constant in the past 2 years. Thus, although the number of residents continued to increase and the number of fellows remained constant, the number (and percentage) of internists in training who intend to practice general internal medicine rose.
全国内科人力研究收集了1977 - 1978年和1978 - 1979年内科住院医师培训人数以及专科培训研究员人数的数据。在后一时期，各培训年份的住院医师共有16720人。20世纪70年代上半叶一年级住院医师人数年均增长7.2%，在1977 - 1978年和1978 - 1979年分别放缓至4.6%和4.2%，这反映出医学院毕业生人数出现了类似的下降。该研究最重要的发现是，1972 - 1973年至1976 - 1977年期间专科培训研究员人数每年急剧上升（10.6%）的情况已经缓和。在过去两年中，专科培训研究员人数基本保持不变。因此，尽管住院医师人数持续增加，研究员人数保持不变，但打算从事普通内科的培训内科医生人数（及比例）有所上升。
