Residents Medical is a Los Angeles, California-based provider of Graduate Medical Education (GME) services. The Residents Medical (RM) team collaborates closely with The Everest Foundation (EF), a non-profit investing in the future of global medicine through various educational and research efforts. Together, RM and EF seek to address the many issues related to America’s residency bottleneck issue.

1. UNDERSTAN
DING
AMERICA'S
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RESIDENCY
BOTTLENEC
K PROBLEM
Residents Medical

2. INTRODUCTION
Residents Medical is a Los Angeles, California-based provider of
Graduate Medical Education (GME) services. The Residents Medical
(RM) team collaborates closely with The Everest Foundation (EF), a
non-profit investing in the future of global medicine through
various educational and research efforts. Together, RM and EF seek
to address the many issues related to America’s residency
bottleneck issue.
Individuals preparing for medical school or beginning their search
for a residency opportunity will quickly learn about the “residency
bottleneck,” an unofficial term used to describe the imbalance
between an influx of new medical students and a lack of residency
positions for medical graduates. Moreover, experts anticipate
medical school enrollment to continue expanding by more than
7,000 individuals over the next decade. However, as these
institutions continue to grow and enhance their programming,
residential offerings have remained static.
In 2018, close to 17,500 United States-based medical graduates
applied for residency, with approximately 6.3 percent failing to
match through the National Resident Matching Program. This
figure, which already represents 1,100 medical school graduates
unable to secure residency placement due purely to insufficient
space, does not include international medical students who face
even more competition.

3. MEDICAL RESIDENTS
The bottleneck issue impacts patients as well as medical
graduates. The Affordable Care Act has helped more
citizens achieve health insurance than ever before. As
this patient population continues to grow, the nation will
need at least 10,000 new primary care doctors, as well as
numerous specialty physicians. More information about
addressing the residency bottleneck can be found online
at www.residentsmedical.com.