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A mandatory anesthesiology clerkship is required by only 20% of US medical schools, contributing to inadequate student exposure and a deficit in US-based applicants for anesthesiology residency.
Highlights the curriculum gap in anesthesiology education and the growing shortage of anesthesiologists in the US.
Modern medical education has a serious deficit—a curriculum gap that exists between essential anesthesiology education and the associated clinical exposure. Meanwhile, the shortage of anesthesiologists in the US healthcare workforce continues to grow.[1][1]-[4][2] While important (yet focused)
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Ly et al. (2020) conducted an editorial in Medical education. Mandatory anesthesiology clerkship vs. Elective or no anesthesiology clerkship was evaluated. A mandatory anesthesiology clerkship is required by only 20% of US medical schools, contributing to inadequate student exposure and a deficit in US-based applicants for anesthesiology residency.
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