Do early career indicators of clinical skill predict subsequent career outcomes and practice characteristics for general internists?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study relationships between clinical skill measures assessed at the beginning of general internists' careers and their career outcomes and practice characteristics.

Data sources

General Internist Community Tracking Study Physician Survey respondents (2000-2001, 2004-2005) linked with residency program evaluations and American Board of Internal Medicine board certification examination score records; n = 2,331.

Study design

Cross-sectional regressions of career outcome and practice characteristic measures on board examination scores/success, residency evaluations interacted with residency type, and potential confounding variables.

Principal findings

Failure to achieve board certification was associated with $27,206 (18 percent, p < .05) less income a

SUBMITTER: Gray B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3681245 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature