Academic Medicine Open Forum

 View Only
Back to discussions
Expand all | Collapse all

New Physician Specialty Data Report: Specialties with largest active physicians and more

  • 1.  New Physician Specialty Data Report: Specialties with largest active physicians and more

    Posted 01-12-2023 11:09:00 AM
    3 largest specialties with active physicians in 2021 were the primary care specialties of Internal Medicine (120,342), Family/General Practice (118,641), and Pediatrics (60,305)The Physician Specialty Data Report, published biennially, provides the most current data available about active physicians and physicians in training. A series of figures and tables provides detailed statistics on active U.S. physicians and physicians in residency and fellowship programs for the largest specialty groups.

    The 2022 report shows that more women are becoming doctors, doctors of different racial backgrounds are drawn to different areas of practice, and sports medicine continues to grow fastest of all specialties.
    Read more in this AAMCNews report: What's your specialty? New data show the choices of America's doctors by gender, race, and age

    Have you been seeing similar trends? What surprises you most about this new report?


      ------------------------------
      Penny Schnarrs she/her
      Director of Community Relations and Strategy
      Association of American Medical Colleges
      ------------------------------