Research ArticleOriginal Research

The Relationship Between a Statewide Preceptorship Program and Family Medicine Residency Selection

Victoria Stout Kubal, John Zweifler, Susan Hughes, Jo Marie Reilly and Sandra Newman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2010, 23 (1) 67-74; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.080213

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  • Figure 1.
    Figure 1.

    California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Family Medicine Preceptorship Program applicant match rates (1999 to 2005) for family medicine and primary care residencies.

    *Match rates into family medicine were statistically significant (χ2 = 24.97; P < .001). †Match rates into primary care were not statistically significant (χ2 = 0.12; P = .73). ‡Participants attended the preceptorship program. §Nonparticipants applied to the preceptorship program, but did not attend. ‖Nonapplicants did not apply to the preceptorship program.

Tables

  • Table 1.

    Applicants to California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Family Medicine Preceptorship Program from 1996 to 2002

    VariablesParticipants* (n [%])Nonparticipants† (n [%])Total (n)P
    School<.001‡
        Loma Linda University18 (37)31 (63)49
        Stanford University29 (67)14 (33)43
        Touro University2 (100)0 (0)2
        University of California, Davis19 (76)6 (24)25
        University of California, Irvine88 (67)43 (33)131
        University of California, Los Angeles16 (28)42 (72)58
        University of California, San Diego22 (54)19 (46)41
        University of California, San Francisco38 (45)46 (55)84
        University of Southern California55 (59)38 (41)93
        Western University31 (55)25 (45)56
    Degree.72
        DO33 (57)25 (43)58
        MD285 (54)239 (46)524
    Gender.45§
        Female176 (58)130 (42)306
        Male132 (54)111 (46)243
        Unknown10 (30)23 (70)33
    Year<.001
        199637 (47)41 (53)78
        199743 (47)49 (53)92
        199846 (45)57 (55)103
        199952 (63)31 (37)83
        200051 (49)53 (51)104
        200144 (67)22 (33)66
        200245 (80)11 (20)56
    Residency match<.001
        Known281 (88)204 (77)485
        Unknown37 (12)60 (23)97

    • * Participants attended the preceptorship program.

    • † Nonparticipants applied to the preceptorship program but did not attend.

    • ‡ χ2 analysis did not include the 1 year of data from Touro University.

    • § χ2 analysis did not include unknown gender.

  • Table 2.

    California match rates (1999–2005) for family medicine residencies across California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Family Medicine Preceptorship Program application and participation categories

    Acceptance StatusResidency Selection(n [%])Total (n)
    Family MedicineNon-Family Medicine
    Participants
        Total program attendees67 (24)214 (76)281
    Nonparticipants
        Total nonparticipants26 (13)178 (87)204
            Accepted but did not attend5 (13)34 (87)39
            Alternate and did not attend0 (0)22 (100)22
            Not accepted/did not attend21 (15)122 (85)143
    Nonapplicants
        Total did not apply1114 (13)7174 (87)8288
    Total California graduates1207 (14)7566 (86)8773
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