| Early predictors of physicians' practice in medically underserved communities: a 12-year follow-up study of University of New Mexico School of Medicine graduates. | |
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PMID: 20881694 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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BACKGROUND: Substantial numbers of people are medically underserved because of rural residence and/or economic circumstances. The mission of many medical schools is service to this group, so the ability to identify applicants likely to serve this population is valuable. METHOD: In 2009, the authors asked graduates from their medical school, class of 1997 and forward, if they practiced in a medically underserved community in the past year. Variables obtained from medical school applications and scores from a survey of attitudes toward the underserved measured at matriculation were analyzed using logistic regression. RESULTS: Of 244 practitioners, 35% reported working in an underserved community. Rural background, older age (25+) at matriculation, and being a member of an underrepresented minority were independent, statistically significant predictors of practice in an underserved community. CONCLUSIONS: Schools wanting to increase the number of practitioners caring for the underserved could consider older as well as rural and minority applicants. |
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Sharon J Wayne; Summers Kalishman; Roger N Jerabek; Craig Timm; Ellen Cosgrove |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Volume: 85 ISSN: 1938-808X ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
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Created Date: 2010-09-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904605 Medline TA: Acad Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S13-6 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Office of Program Evaluation, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA. SWayne@salud.unm.edu |
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