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The competition for spots in medical schools may get a little less fierce over the next few years, but the competition for postg

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问题     The competition for spots in medical schools may get a little less fierce over the next few years, but the competition for postgraduate residencies(the period of specialized training in a hospital that a doctor receives after leaving university)may be heating up. The number of federally funded residencies has remained capped since 1997, despite the expected significant increase in the number of first-year medical students by 2017.
    These training positions are largely funded by the federal health care program known as Medicare. There are hardly more residency spots being created to meet the demand of new graduates. Medical organizations are pushing House of Representative and Senate leaders to create more spots to offset these challenges, but their efforts may be ineffective in the short term.
    In March the Association of American Medical Colleges backed two bills introduced in the House and one in the Senate that outline a plan for adding 3,000 residency positions each year from 2015 through 2019. Even though the bills provide a compromise, they may not enact immediate change. "Members of Congress might agree that we need new residency spots," says Ray Quintero, director of the department of government relations for the association. But "the cost of residency spots is quite expensive. So there’s been an inability to find the funding. "
    The University of Nevada School of Medicine is preparing students to get into residencies when fewer spots are available. ln the last few years the school has started gathering more data about the profiles of students who match in competitive residencies and using data from the National Resident Matching Program to advise students about the specialties in which they should attempt a match. That data, combined with an analysis of a student’s strengths and likes, can give them a better chance at solidifying a residency match.
    At the School of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, professors are trying a variety of ways to make students more competitive residency candidates. They now receive training in topics such as informatics, which examines how information is delivered. Students are encouraged to think about how tools such as Facebook, Twitter and email factor into corresponding with patients and others in the health care community. Residency programs have changed and what they’re looking to do has changed, says George Mejicano, the school’s senior associate dean for education. "It’s both an advising and a curriculum process," he says.
    Prospective students trying to plan their medical careers should spend time with physicians in multiple health care settings to see if being a doctor is really what they want to do, says Margo Vener, a family physician who also teaches medicine at the University of California—San Francisco. She has been advising UCSF students on their career and residency choices since 1999. "This is an incredibly long and hard training process," says Vener. And because it’s followed by possibly a 30- to 40-year career, "training is the tip of the iceberg. "
In which way are students at University of Nevada School of Medicine better prepared?
选项 A、They have access to National Resident Matching Program.
B、They know what their specialties and strengths are.
C、The school has gathered their full profiles.
D、The school provides them with useful suggestions.
答案D
解析 事实细节题。根据题干关键词University of Nevada School of Medicine定位到第四段。该段第二句提到，在过去的几年里，内华达大学医学院已经在努力收集更多符合高竞争力的住院医生职位的学生资料，并利用从全国住院医生配对项目中获得的信息向学生提供建议。由此可知，该学校的学生可以从校方那里获得十分有用的建议，因此选[D]。该段第二句提到了该医学院很好地利用从全国住院医生配对项目中获得的信息，但没有说别的医学院不能从这个项目中获得信息，因此，这不是该医学院学生的优势，故排除[A]；该段最后一句提到该校将自己的信息与学生的个人情况相结合，但并没有说其他学校的学生不了解自己的优势和长处，故排除[B]；该段第二句也提到了该校收集了更多符合高竞争力的住院医生职位的学生的资料，但没有提到将所有学生的资料都收集起来，故排除[C]。
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