PMID: 8937873Nov 1, 1996Paper

Characteristics of medical students by level of interest in family practice

Family Medicine
M A BowmanP H Davis

Abstract

This study provides information on student factors associated with a career choice in family practice. Information was used from multiple surveys completed by medical students, including the Premedical Questionnaire, the Matriculating Student Questionnaire, and the Graduation Questionnaire, as well as information from residency directors about residents in the Graduate Medical Education Tracking Census. These questionnaires are all a part of the Student and Applicant Information Management System of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Participants were 30,789 students graduating from US medical schools in 1991 and 1992. Comparisons were made between longitudinal student responses on the surveys to four types of outcomes. A total of 1,029 (3.3%) students were in the "Maintained" group (students who originally planned to enter family practice and were in a family practice residency at postgraduate year 1; 1,958 (6.4%) were "Gained" (originally chose a specialty other than family practice but entered a family practice residency); 1,950 (6.3%) were "Lost Interest" (originally identified family practice but entered another residency-two thirds of whom selected non-primary care specialties); 21,573 (70.1%) were "Never Inter...Continue Reading

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