Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Primary Care Track Survey Questions

Survey Question	Number of Respondents (%)
Currently offer a primary care track?	N=120
Yes	35 (29.2)
If “No” to #1, why not?	N=84
Medical school is not supportive	29 (34.5)
Not enough funded faculty time to create/lead one	25 (29.8)
Never considered it	16 (19.0)
Plan to start one in the next 1–2 years	14 (16.7)
How are students selected?	N=30
Competitive application process as part of application to medical school	14 (46.7)
Competitive application process once accepted to medical school	9 (30.0)
Open to all interested students	7 (23.3)
What year do students typically begin participation?	N=35
M1	29 (82.9)
M2	7 (20.0)
M3	8 (22.9)
M4	4 (11.4)
How long (in academic years) has your primary care track been in existence?	8.1 (mean)
Please select which group primarily is in charge of the primary care track:	N=33
Family medicine department	25 (75.8)
Internal medicine department	8 (24.2)
Do faculty have protected / paid time specifically for tasks related to the primary care track?	N=35
Yes	25 (71.4)
What impact do you believe the primary care track has had on the number of students applying to primary care residencies (IM, FM, Peds):	N=33
Strong negative impact	1 (3.0)
Slight negative impact	0 (0.0)
Neutral impact	9 (27.3)
Slight positive impact	7 (21.2)
Strong positive impact	16 (48.5)