A National Survey of Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency Program Directors.
J Gen Intern Med
; 34(7): 1207-1212, 2019 07.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The United States is facing a primary care physician shortage. Internal medicine (IM) primary care residency programs have expanded substantially in the past several decades, but there is a paucity of literature on their characteristics and graduate outcomes.OBJECTIVE:
We aimed to characterize the current US IM primary care residency landscape, assess graduate outcomes, and identify unique programmatic or curricular factors that may be associated with a high proportion of graduates pursuing primary care careers.DESIGN:
Cross-sectional studyPARTICIPANTS:
Seventy out of 100 (70%) IM primary care program directors completed the survey. MAINMEASURES:
Descriptive analyses of program characteristics, educational curricula, clinical training experiences, and graduate outcomes were performed. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to determine the association between ≥ 50% of graduates in 2016 and 2017 entering a primary care career and program characteristics, educational curricula, and clinical training experiences. KEYRESULTS:
Over half of IM primary care program graduates in 2016 and 2017 pursued a primary care career upon residency graduation. The majority of program, curricular, and clinical training factors assessed were not associated with programs that have a majority of their graduates pursuing a primary care career path. However, programs with a majority of program graduates entering a primary care career were less likely to have X + Y scheduling compared to the other programs.CONCLUSIONS:
IM primary care residency programs are generally succeeding in their mission in that the majority of graduates are heading into primary care careers.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Selección de Profesión
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Medicina Interna
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Internado y Residencia
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Ejecutivos Médicos
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Gen Intern Med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos