PMID- 7632382
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19950913
LR  - 20190913
IS  - 0894-9115 (Print)
IS  - 0894-9115 (Linking)
VI  - 74
IP  - 4
DP  - 1995 Jul-Aug
TI  - Factors influencing the specialty choice of the physical medicine and 
      rehabilitation graduating class of 1994 and the entering class of 1995.
PG  - 262-70
AB  - To understand better how career choices are made by physiatrists, a 16-item, 
      7-page questionnaire was sent to all 1994 graduating physical medicine and 
      rehabilitation (PM&R) resident physicians in the United States. Of the 343 senior 
      residents, 202 completed the questionnaire for a response rate of 59%. The 
      questionnaire focused on the following areas: timing of the decision to enter 
      PM&R; and how the medical school curriculum, certain groups of people, and 
      certain specific factors influenced their choices. There were 130 factors modeled 
      after the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) annual medical student 
      questionnaire that the recipients were asked to grade on a numerical scale: 1 = 
      unimportant to 5 = very important. Of the graduating residents, 60.1% (119/198) 
      made the decision to enter PM&R in their 3rd or 4th yr of medical school, 13.1% 
      (26/198) in the first 2 yr, and 11.1% (22/198) after starting another residency. 
      The five factors ranked most important in the decision were (mean rank score): 
      sufficient time/flexibility for family obligations (4.60); opportunity to make a 
      difference in peoples lives (4.57); interest in helping people (4.55); types of 
      patient problems encountered (4.50); and consistency with personality (4.49). We 
      also obtained the AAMC's 1993 annual data on medical students choosing PM&R. 
      Their top five factors were the same as those listed by the graduating residents, 
      but in a slightly different rank order. Profiles have also been derived on those 
      graduating PM&R residents who chose an academic career (n = 68) v nonacademic (n 
      = 133) and fellowship (n = 34) v nonfellowship (n = 163).
FAU - DeLisa, J A
AU  - DeLisa JA
AD  - Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical 
      School, Newark 07103-2406, USA.
FAU - Jain, S S
AU  - Jain SS
FAU - Campagnolo, D I
AU  - Campagnolo DI
FAU - Kirshblum, S C
AU  - Kirshblum SC
FAU - Findley, T
AU  - Findley T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Phys Med Rehabil
JT  - American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
JID - 8803677
SB  - IM
CIN - Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1996 May-Jun;75(3):244. PMID: 8663936
MH  - *Career Choice
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Internship and Residency
MH  - *Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine/education
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - United States
EDAT- 1995/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 1995/07/01 00:01
CRDT- 1995/07/01 00:00
PHST- 1995/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1995/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1995/07/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/00002060-199507000-00002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1995 Jul-Aug;74(4):262-70. doi: 
      10.1097/00002060-199507000-00002.