PMID: 9420584Jan 8, 1998Paper

Teaching medical students in community-based practices: a national survey of generalist physicians

The Journal of Family Practice
D C VinsonE C Waters

Abstract

This study was undertaken to determine the extent of medical student teaching by community-based generalists, differences between teachers and nonteachers, and physicians' perceptions and attitudes about teaching. Two questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of 4974 generalist physicians in community-based practice in the United States including family physicians, general internists, and general pediatricians. The first survey instrument was a postcard with two questions; the second was a 4-page questionnaire sent to postcard responders. These mailings were supplemented by a telephone survey of nonresponders. Forty-two percent responded to the postcard, and, of those, 47% responded to the questionnaire. Adjusted by the results of a telephone survey of postcard nonresponders, 30% of family physicians and general pediatricians and 20% of general internists taught medical students in their offices. The average teaching physician worked with three students per year for approximately 10 days each. Family physicians and general internists who had community-based educational experiences while in medical school were more likely to be teachers. Teachers were somewhat younger than nonteachers (year of medical school graduation 1977 ...Continue Reading

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