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) |