Why Aren't More Primary Care Residents Going into Primary Care? A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workforce projections indicate a potential shortage of up to 31,000 adult primary care providers by the year 2025. Approximately 80 % of internal medicine residents and nearly two-thirds of primary care internal medicine residents do not plan to have a career in primary care or general internal medicine.

Objective

We aimed to explore contextual and programmatic factors within primary care residency training environments that may influence career choices.

Design

This was a qualitative study based on semi-structured, in-person interviews.

Participants

Three primary care internal medicine residency programs were purposefully selected to represent a diversity of training environments. Second and third year residents were interviewed.

Approach

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SUBMITTER: Long T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5130953 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature