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- Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Responders Compared with Residents Lost to Follow-up or Not Responding
Characteristic Responders (N = 280) Lost to Follow-up and Nonresponders (N = 252) Demography Mean age 30.3 years 30.7 years Sex (% male) 40.7 41.3 Total outstanding educational loan amount (%) <$25,000 22.8 28.4 $25,000–$100,000 35.3 36.0 ≥$100,000 41.9 35.6 Residency characteristics Setting 49.8 48.6 Urban (%) Suburban (%) 39.6 40.6 Rural (%) 10.5 10.8 Type Community based–NOT affiliated with a medical school (%) 22.3 21.5 Community-based, affiliated with a medical school (%) 45.0 40.2 Community based, administered by a medical school (%) 9.0 7.2 University based (%) 17.6 17.1 Military program (%) (P < .001) 6.1 13.9 Future plans - Planned post-residency training (%) 23.2 21.8 Optimal family practice residency length is 3 years 69.6 79.2 Would have chosen family medicine if residency length was: 2 years 48.7 56.1 3 years 100.0 100.0 4 years 68.7 65.0 ≥5 years (P = .014) 7.8 2.9 Favor a change to a 4 year residency (P = .031) 36.5 27.5 - Table 2.
Percentage of Residents at PGY1 and PGY3 Definitely Willing to Complete a Fourth Residency Year If It Involved More Training in the Following Settings and Content Areas
PGY1 (%) PGY3 (%) Setting Hospital 15.8 15.8 Model FP unit 12.6 14.4 Private practice 19.3 17.2 Community health center 14.7 13.3 Nursing home 4.2 5.6 Home care 3.9 3.2 Subspecialty office 16.1 18.6 Ambulatory surgery 16.8 19.6 Content areas Mental health 12.3 10.2 Adult medicine 20.0 16.1 Maternity care 27.7 18.6 Women’s health 29.1 24.2 Adolescent medicine 24.2 23.2 Children 31.6 24.2 Older patient care 16.5 15.1 General surgery 10.9 7.0 Genitourinary 11.2 9.1 Eye disorders 13.0 9.5 Otolaryngology training 14.7 10.9 Musculoskeletal medicine 23.9 22.5 Sports medicine 29.1 23.9 Skin conditions 26.0 21.4 Emergency care 27.0 26.0 Office procedures 40.7 36.8 Community medicine 16.1 10.2 Health promotion 20.7 11.2 Information systems 9.5 8.4 Practice management 13.9 17.9 Teaching 13.3 13.7 Research 8.4 5.3 Leadership training 9.5 13.0
