Tufts match list

[Hlam84]

I was looking at the tufts match list and comparing it to other schools and i notice that at tufts there is a lot of match for Family Practice. I have heard from friend that this field is a dying field. So does this mean students at tufts arent matching where they would like. Any opinions would be helpful. thanks in advance

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[silas2642]

I was looking at the tufts match list and comparing it to other schools and i notice that at tufts there is a lot of match for Family Practice. I have heard from friend that this field is a dying field. So does this mean students at tufts arent matching where they would like. Any opinions would be helpful. thanks in advance

I think that your logic is flawed on many fronts, my friend. First of all, 44% of our graduates match into primary care, which is 2% higher than Harvard, and less than Wake, Brown, UWashington, and other schools. Second of all, I don't know if you should call family practice a dying field based on the observations of one friend, particularly when there is such a shortage of family practitioners-- that kind of logic just doesn't make sense to me. But then again, what do I know.

 

[cleansocks]

I was looking at the tufts match list and comparing it to other schools and i notice that at tufts there is a lot of match for Family Practice. I have heard from friend that this field is a dying field. So does this mean students at tufts arent matching where they would like. Any opinions would be helpful. thanks in advance

Incorrect. Tufts matches very well. It is not difficult for a school of Tufts' reputation to match their students into specialties like derm, radio, ortho, let alone "general" specialties like internal medicine. Additionally, a decent number of the matches are to strong boston and california programs (Harvard, UCLA, UCSF, etc).


On a side note: Many schools strive to convince their students to go into family medicine because it is a necessary but inadequately compensated field. In a way it is a triumph for a school to be able to accept and train doctors dedicated enough to enter into a much needed area without receiving the same reward as those who enter specialties.