Sixty percent of the class of 1998 will be pursuing their residencies in generalist specialties, which include family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology. Reducing the shortage of primary care physicians in Texas has been one of the goals of the College of Medicine.
Most graduates also plan to remain in Texas.
Some 71 percent of 1998 graduates will stay in Texas to complete their residency training, which is the final stage of medical training before entering practice. About 57 percent of these medical students entered first-year residency positions in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology. Another 73 percent of the graduates will pursue residency programs that are affiliated with academic medical centers. The 40 percent of students who chose to enter specialties other than primary care include two graduates who chose ophthalmology, one who chose otolaryngology and one who chose orthopedics. Four graduates chose general surgery, and one chose diagnostic radiology.