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To the Editor: A major conclusion of the study by Ms Miller and colleagues¹ should be amended. Contrary to their interpretation, the difference between the 7% unemployment reported by graduates and the 1% rate that program directors report is most likely predominantly a matter of timing. For 2 years running, we have surveyed graduates of diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology programs between 6 months and 1 year after graduation^2-3 and found 1% or fewer report themselves unemployed at that time, although 5% or more report some unemployment in the months immediately after graduation. Our surveys of residency program directors⁴ produce entirely congruent data. Two months before graduation, directors report 10% of graduates do not yet have firm commitments for positions; 6 months after graduation, the same directors report 1% or fewer of graduates unemployed. Miller et al have a similar pattern in their data: 8% of graduates report themselves unemployed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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