All primary care trainees are not the same: The role of economic factors and career choice

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 574-577

  Freed, Gary L ^a,b   Dunham, Kelly M ^a,b   Balistreri, William F ^c   Boat, Thomas F ^c   Lister, George ^c   McMillan, Julia A ^c   St Geme III, Joseph W ^c   Althouse, Linda A ^c   Jones Jr , M Douglas ^c   McGuinness, Gail A ^c   Stockman III, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Career; Economics; Primary care; Workforce

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CAREER CHOICE; INCOME; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77649123437     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1976     Document Type: Short Survey

References (14)

1. McDonald FS, West CP, Popkave C, Kolars JC. Educational debt and reported career plans among internal medicine residents. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(6):416-420
2. Dorsey ER, Jarjoura D, Rutecki GW. Influence of controllable lifestyle on recent trends in specialty choice by US medical students. JAMA. 2003;290(9):1173-1178
3. Dorsey ER, Jarjoura D, Rutecki GW. The influence of controllable lifestyle and sex on the specialty choices of graduating U.S. medical students, 1996-2003. Acad Med. 2005; 80(9):791-796
4. Kahn MJ, Markert RJ, Lopez FA, Specter S, Randall H, Krane NK. Is medical student choice of a primary care residency influenced by debt? MedGenMed. 2006;8(4):18
5. Newton DA, Grayson MS, Thompson LF. The variable influence of lifestyle and income on medical students' career specialty choices: data from two U.S. medical schools, 1998-2004. Acad Med. 2005;80(9):809-814
6. Bodenheimer T, Berenson RA, Rudolf P. The primary care-specialty income gap: why it matters. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146(4):301-306
7. Rosenblatt RA, Andrilla CH. The impact of U.S. medical students' debt on their choice of primary care careers: an analysis of data from the 2002 medical school graduation questionnaire. Acad Med. 2005;80(9):815-819
8. Cull WL, Yudkowsky BK, Shipman SA, Pan RJ. Pediatric training and job market trends: results from the American Academy of Pediatrics third-year resident survey, 1997-2002. Pediatrics. 2003;112(4):787-792
9. Harris MC, Marx J, Gallagher PR, Ludwig S. General vs subspecialty pediatrics: factors leading to residents' career decisions over a 12-year period. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(3):212-216
10. Freed GL, Dunham KM, Switalski KE, Jones MD Jr, McGuinness GA; Research Advisory Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics. Recently trained pediatric subspecialists: perspectives on residency, fellowship, and scope of practice. Pediatrics. 2009;123(suppl 1):S44-S49
11. Freed GL, Dunham KM, Switalski KE, Jones MD Jr, McGuinness GA; Research Advisory Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics. Recently trained general pediatricians: perspectives on residency training and scope of practice. Pediatrics. 2009; 123(suppl 1):S38-S43
12. Freed GL, Dunham KM, Switalski KE, Jones MD Jr, McGuinness GA; Research Advisory Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics. Pediatric fellows: perspectives on training and future scope of practice. Pediatrics. 2009;123(suppl 1):S31-S37
13. Freed GL, Dunham KM, Jones MD Jr, McGuinness GA, Althouse LA; Research Advisory Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics. General pediatrics resident perspectives on training decisions and career choice. Pediatrics. 2009;123(suppl 1):S26-S30
14. Freed GL, Stockman JA. Oversimplifying primary care supply and shortages. JAMA. 2009;301(18):1920-1922