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PMID: 15635138 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: Most resident physicians accrue significant financial debt throughout their medical and graduate medical education. The objective of this study was to analyze emergency medicine resident debt status, financial planning actions, and educational experiences for financial planning and debt management. METHODS: A 22-item questionnaire was sent to all 123 Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education-accredited emergency medicine residency programs in July 2001. Two follow-up mailings were made to increase the response rate. The survey addressed four areas of resident debt and financial planning: 1) accrued debt, 2) moonlighting activity, 3) financial planning/debt management education, and 4) financial planning actions. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Survey responses were obtained from 67.4% (1,707/2,532) of emergency medicine residents in 89 of 123 (72.4%) residency programs. Nearly one half (768/1,707) of respondents have accrued more than 100,000 dollars of debt. Fifty-eight percent (990/1,707) of all residents reported that moonlighting would be necessary to meet their financial needs, and more than 33% (640/1,707) presently moonlight to supplement their income. Nearly one half (832/1,707) of residents actively invested money, of which online trading was the most common method (23.3%). Most residents reported that they received no debt management education during residency (82.1%) or medical school (63.7%). Furthermore, 79.1% (1,351/1,707) of residents reported that they received no financial planning lectures during residency, although 84.2% (1,438/1,707) reported that debt management and financial planning education should be available during residency. CONCLUSIONS: Most emergency medicine residency programs do not provide their residents with financial planning education. Most residents have accrued significant debt and believe that more financial planning and debt management education is needed during residency. |
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Authors:
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Jeffrey N Glaspy; O John Ma; Mark T Steele; Jacqueline Hall |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Volume: 12 ISSN: 1069-6563 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Emerg Med Publication Date: 2005 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-01-06 Completed Date: 2005-04-06 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9418450 Medline TA: Acad Emerg Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 52-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Truman Medical Center, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO 64108-2677, USA. jglaspy@sbcglobal.net |
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Adult Data Collection Education, Medical, Graduate / economics Emergency Medicine / economics*, education Female Financial Management Humans Internship and Residency / economics* Male Questionnaires Training Support / economics* United States |
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