I applied to medical school in 2002. And all I’m gonna say is: Every now and again, I see certain things and say to myself, “Yeah, that person was definitely in the 63.3%.”

I haven’t had a chance to scrutinize the new Charting Outcomes data… yet. But the transition anesthesiology has made from a non-competitive to a highly-competitive specialty is remarkable. Go back to the late 1990s, and *HALF* of anesthesiology programs went unfilled.

Is the intense competition in residency applications sustainable?  In the first episode of The Podcast For Doctors, By Doctors, Bryan Carmody talks about changes in The Match, resident unions, duty hours, and more. Find the full episode: panaceafinancial.com/resources/podc…. #MedTwitter

John P Erwin III MD MBA FACC Jimmy Turner, MD Bryan Carmody has an excellent summary of the issue here. thesheriffofsodium.com/2022/02/04/how… His conclusion is roughly 100k extra in value to the hospital yearly, after tabulating subsidies, revenues, and costs.