Becker's Healthcare January 8, 2026
Women account for 50.2% of all U.S. medical residents, achieving a majority share for the first time, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges’ 2025 “Report on Residents.”
Women make up the majority of residents in obstetrics and gynecology at 88.8%, pediatrics at 75.8%, family medicine at 56.3% and psychiatry at 53.9%. Men are the majority of residents in orthopaedic surgery at 76.3%, neurological surgery at 72.9% and anesthesiology at 61.8%, the report said.
The AAMC’s 2025 “Report on Residents” highlighted 10 additional trends:
Pre-residency:
1. Less than one-third of graduating medical students have the same residency specialty preference as they did in their first year of medical school. In 2025, 29.4% of students graduating from U.S....
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