What ’s At Stake for Medical Residents Under the Trump Administration?

The new administration has impacted higher education in unanticipated ways, and universities across the country are experiencing unusually low rates of international applicants. For example,40 percent of 250 collegesacross the country have observed a decrease in applications from international students. The demographics of residency positions for medical students have also changed. The National Resident Matching Program reported that the number of foreign applicants dropped from7,460 in 2016 to 7,284 this spring.President Donald Trump ’sexecutive orderregarding terrorism has deterred potential residents from predominantly Muslim countries from applying to programs. Although judges have blocked the order, graduating medical students are concerned they ’ll have problems entering the country. Mona Signer, president of the National Resident Matching Program,saidin a statement that “residency program directors will be reluctant to rank J-1 visa applicants because they may not be able to enter the country to begin training.” Salahuddin Kazi, M.D., Internal Medicine Vice Chair of Education at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,told NPRthat at least 50 percent of residency applicants are international graduates.The ban not only affects residency programs, but experts fear that it will have a larger impact on the industry. Atul Grover, Executive Vice President of the Association of American Medical College,toldThe Atlanticthat 280,000 — or almost 25 percent ...
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