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Article: 2005 Match Day: ob.gyn. makes slight recovery; Fill rate was 94.7% following 2-year decline.(News)
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- OB GYN News
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- April 15, 2005
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More graduating seniors from U.S. medical schools were drawn to residency programs in obstetrics-gynecology this year, reversing a decline seen for several years.
Statistics released by the National Resident Matching Program show that 772 U.S. seniors matched to ob.gyn. residencies--representing a gain of 29 positions and an increase in the fill rate for U.S. seniors from 65% last year to 67.5% this year.
"This definitely reflects a slight recovery. We're excited about the improvement," Leah A. Kaufman M.D., chair of the Junior Fellows College Advisory Council with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), told this newspaper.
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