Only about 25 percent of internal medicine residents go on to practice general internal medicine, according to the American College of Physicians, which contributes to the growing shortage of primary care physicians in the United States.
However, some residency programs produce more primary care physicians than the national average. The following is a list of the top 10 residency programs with more than 200 graduates with the greatest percent of graduates in primary care, compiled by Washington Monthly with data from the Graham Center and George Washington University.
Note: Residency programs are listed by sponsoring institutions. Data is from 2006-2008.
1. University of Nevada School of Medicine (Reno): 53.97 percent of graduates in primary care
2. Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (N.Y.): 50 percent
3. Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles): 48.95 percent
4. Brooklyn Hospital Center (N.Y.): 48.02 percent
5. James H. Quillen College of Medicine (Johnson City, Tenn.): 47.08 percent
6. University of Kansas School of Medicine (Wichita): 46.35 percent
7. Atlantic Health (Florham Park, N.J.): 45.08 percent
8. UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program (Calif.): 41.75 percent
9. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge, Ill.): 41.46 percent
10. Kaiser Permanente Medical Group (Oakland, Calif.): 41.41
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