For medical students around the country, the third Friday of every March is known as “Match Day,” when they find out if, and where, they will begin their residencies. Not everyone finds a match. Every year, thousands of students fail to gain residency positions, the number of which the federal government caps—even as a physician shortage looms in primary-care specialties such as general medicine, internal medicine, and family practice. The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the shortage will reach 45,000 by 2025. In some parts of the country, it’s already hard to find a primary-care doctor.
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