Abstract
Background
 A Regional Medical Campus (RMC) is a medical school campus separate from the main medical school at which a portion of preclinical
 or clinical training of medical students is carried out. The College of Community Health Sciences of The University of Alabama
 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM). The question
 we sought to answer with this study is whether or not regional campuses produce general surgeons.
 Design, Setting and Participants
 Publicly available data for 6271 graduates of the University of Alabama School of Medicine from the Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and
 Huntsville campuses from 1974 to 2015 was obtained by using Google Search Engine. The list was expanded to include the data
 described by the variables in Table 1.
 Results
 Between 1974 and 2015, 789 graduates of the University of Alabama School of Medicine assigned to the Birmingham, Tuscaloosa
 and Huntsville Campuses matched into Categorical Surgery. All three campuses matched similar percentages of students ranging
 from 10.4% to 13.3% (Table 2). The main campus at Birmingham matched 599 medical students into general surgery and 202
 practice general surgery. The Tuscaloosa Regional Campus matched 88 medical students into general surgery and 47 practice
 general surgery. The Huntsville Regional Campus matched 103 medical students into general surgery and 41 practice general surgery
 (Table 2).
 Conclusions
 A comparable percentage of medical students at each campus matched into general surgery. The main campus contributed a larger
 absolute number of practicing general surgeons while regional medical campuses contributed a higher percentage of practicing
 general surgeons. Regional medical campuses contribute significantly to the deficit of general surgeons in this country.
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