How Are We Teaching Advocacy? A National Survey of Internal Medicine Residency Program Directors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although internal medicine (IM) physicians accept public advocacy as a professional responsibility, there is little evidence that IM training programs teach advocacy skills. The prevalence and characteristics of public advocacy curricula in US IM residency programs are unknown.

Objectives

To describe the prevalence and characteristics of curricula in US IM residencies addressing public advocacy for communities and populations; to describe barriers to the provision of such curricula.

Design

Nationally representative, web-based, cross-sectional survey of IM residency program directors with membership in an academic professional association.

Participants

A total of 276 IM residency program directors (61%) responded between August and December 2022.

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SUBMITTER: Burnett JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780021 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature