RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Relationship Between a Statewide Preceptorship Program and Family Medicine Residency Selection
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 67
OP 74
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.080213
VO 23
IS 1
A1 Victoria Stout Kubal
A1 John Zweifler
A1 Susan Hughes
A1 Jo Marie Reilly
A1 Sandra Newman
YR 2010
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/23/1/67.abstract
AB Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which participation in the California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Family Medicine (FM) Preceptorship Program, as well as medical school, degree earned, gender, and match year predicted FM residency match.Methods: Allopathic and osteopathic students who applied to the preceptorship program from 1996 to 2002 were followed until residency match. Chi-square (χ2) analysis was used to compare preceptorship participants, nonparticipants (students who applied but did not complete the preceptorship), and nonapplicants (students who did not apply to the preceptorship) for FM match rates and to compare participants to nonparticipants for primary care match rates. FM match data for California schools from 1999 to 2005 were used to perform a logistic regression predicting FM match.Results: Twenty-four percent of participants matched into FM residency programs whereas only 13% of nonparticipants and 13% of nonapplicants selected FM (χ2 = 24.97; P < .001). There was not a statistically significant difference between the proportion of participants and nonparticipants who matched into primary care (χ2 = 0.12; P = .73). Odds ratio results of logistic regression for participants compared with nonapplicants matching into FM was 2.7 (95% CI, 2.0–3.6; P < .001).Conclusion: Preceptorship program participants were more likely than both nonparticipants and nonapplicants to select a FM residency.