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Debt of Family Medicine Residents Continues to Grow

2021

AUTHOR(S)
Phillips, Julie P
Morgan, Zachary J
Bazemore, Andrew W
Peterson, Lars E
TOPIC(S)
Education & Training
KEYWORD(S)
Graduate Medical Education
Visiting Scholar/Fellow
VOLUME
34(3):663-664

The proportion of family medicine residents with u2265$250,000 in self-reported educational debt rose from 26% in 2014% to 47% in 2019. Such a rapid rise in high indebtedness is concerning, given known associations with resident distress. Previous research has also shown that highly indebted residents are less likely to choose academics, geriatrics, and service-oriented career paths.

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