Specialty practice of family practice residency graduates, 1969 through 1993: a national study
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A great majority of physicians trained in family practice residencies go on to work in family medicine, suggesting that these residency programs graduate primary care physicians. Some studies have shown that certain people who enter residencies in other generalist fields, such as general internal medicine, do not end up practicing in those fields. Using three national databases for the US, researchers reviewed data on physicians who completed residencies in family practice. Between 1969 and 1993, 38,659 physicians graduated from such programs. Of 36,088 of these, 91% reported that they were in family practice. Among the 9% who reported working in another specialty, the most common specialties were preventative and emergency medicine. These results suggest that family practice residencies are effective in helping to meet the need for generalist physicians.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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A Program to increase the Number of Family Physicians in Rural and Underserved Areas: Impact After 22 Years
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A program to recruit and train medical students who want to practice in rural areas may alleviate the shortage of primary care physicians in these areas. Jefferson Medical College established the Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) in 1974. A 1997 survey of 206 PSAP graduates from the classes of 1978 to 1991 found that 84% of PSAP graduates practiced in an underserved area or in a primary care specialty. Twelve percent of all family physicians in rural Pennsylvania were PSAP graduates. PSAP graduates were eight times more likely to practice family medicine in a rural area than other graduates.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Soliciting the Patient's Agenda: Have We Improved?
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Many physicians do not allow patients to voice all of their concerns. A study of 264 patient-physician interviews recorded by 29 family physicians found that the physicians asked about patient concerns 75% of the time, but allowed patients to voice all of their concerns only 28% of the time. The physicians redirected the conversation after an average of only 23 seconds. However, patients who were allowed to voice all their concerns took only 6 seconds more on average than those who were not.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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