Table 4.
Time and Monetary Support Available for CME, by Clinician Type
| Domain | Response | All: No. (%); N = 500 | FM: No.; N = 100 | IM/H: No.;N = 100 | Spec.: No.;N = 100 | NP: No.; N = 100 | PA: No.; N = 100 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time allotment | 0 days | 59 (11.8%) | 10 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 11 | .03 |
| 1–6 days | 301 (60.2%) | 52 | 55 | 44 | 77 | 72 | ||
| ≥7 days | 121 (24.2%) | 30 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 16 | ||
| Irrelevanta | 19 (3.8%) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Change in time allotment | Less | 79 (15.8%) | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | .33 |
| No change | 374 (74.8%) | 73 | 71 | 80 | 77 | 73 | ||
| More | 47 (9.4%) | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Monetary allowance | <$1000/ none | 219 (43.8%) | 40 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 33 | .30 |
| $1000 - $5000 | 263 (52.6%) | 55 | 48 | 41 | 52 | 67 | ||
| >$5000 | 18 (3.6%) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Change in monetary allowance | Less | 78 (15.6%) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 18 | .21 |
| No change | 358 (71.6%) | 68 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 73 | ||
| More | 45 (9.0%) | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||
| No support | 29 (5.8%) | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
Questions asked about current time or monetary support from their practice for CME activities each year, and how the amount of time/monetary support had changed over the past 24 months
Abbreviations: FM Family Medicine, IM/H Internal Medicine / Hospitalist, Spec. Internal Medicine Specialist, NP Nurse Practitioner, PA Physician Assistant
a Indicates clinicians who would “Not [be] willing to be away from my practice”