Published in:
28-11-2022 | Care | Concise Research Report
Medical School Primary Care Experience and Preparedness Among Internal Medicine Residents
Results from the American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine In-Training Exam (IM-ITE) Survey
Authors:
Julia Nath, MD, Christopher J Wong, MD, Amber Bird, MD, Julie Oyler, MD, Amy Shaheen, MD, Linda Harris, AAS, Amber T Pincavage, MD
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 4/2023
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Excerpt
Surveys of internal medicine (IM) interns show that they start residency training feeling unprepared for primary care clinic.
1,2 Interns with less or more distant primary care training felt the least prepared.
1 However, the generalizability of these findings is uncertain due to their small sample sizes. In addition, no studies have examined what factors would lead students to expand their primary care training during medical school, particularly during their fourth year when they have more elective time.
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