THE IMPACT OF AN AMBULATORY ROTATION ON MEDICAL-STUDENT INTEREST IN INTERNAL-MEDICINE

被引：19

作者：

SCHWARTZ, MD ^{[1
]}

LINZER, M ^{[1
]}

BABBOTT, D ^{[1
]}

DIVINE, GW ^{[1
]}

BROADHEAD, WE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NYU,MED CTR,DEPT MED,DIV PRIMARY CARE,NEW YORK,NY 10002

来源：

JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE | 1995年 / 10卷 / 10期

关键词：

MEDICAL STUDENT; CAREER CHOICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION AMBULATORY CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE;

D O I：

10.1007/BF02640362

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether students who take ambulatory rotations in internal medicine are more likely to choose internal medicine careers. DESIGN: National survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The intended sample was 1,650 senior U.S. medical students from 16 medical schools, of whom 1,244 [76%] responded, Representative schools nationwide were selected using a stratified, random-sampling method. MEASUREMENTS: The questionnaire asked about characteristics of the ambulatory rotation, perceptions of internal medicine, and factors influencing students toward or away from an internal medicine career. RESULTS: Ambulatory rotations were taken by 543 students (43%), Of these rotations, 73% were required, 74% were during the fourth year, 77% were in general internal medicine, 73% provided continuity of care, and 19% were during the medicine clerkship. Overall, 24% of the students chose careers in general (9%) or subspecialty internal medicine (15%). Thirty percent of the students who did ambulatory rotations planned internal medicine careers, compared with 19% of the students who had no rotation [odds ratio (OR) = 1.8, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3 to 2.4, p = 0.0001]. This association was of similar magnitudes for students completing required rotations (OR = 1.6, 95% CI 1.2 to 2.2, p = 0.002) and for students completing rotations before or in proximity to when they chose careers (OR = 1.7, 95% CI 1.1 to 2.4, p = 0.01). Ninety percent of the 543 students who had ambulatory rotations were satisfied with the experience, Thirty-eight percent of the highly satisfied students chose internal medicine careers, compared with 21% of the students who had low or moderate satisfaction (p = 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: An ambulatory rotation is strongly associated with positive perceptions of, attraction to, and choice of a career in internal medicine, Research is needed to determine specific components of an effective rotation, Further development of ambulatory rotations could help attract more students to internal medicine.

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页码：542 / 549

页数：8

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