title: Casualties of residency training: a national study of loss and attrition.
abstract: Little information is available on the number of physicians in training who leave their residency or otherwise drop out of the profession during these years. We report on a recently completed (1987) national survey of residency program directors documenting the number of people who withdraw or are dismissed from residency and their reasons for leaving.
authors.affiliation: Office of Education Research, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL 60610.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Daugherty
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Eckenfels
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D012307:Risk Factors; D013332:Student Dropouts; D014481:United States