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Professional satisfaction among new osteopathic family physicians: a survey-based investigation of residency-trained graduates

Journal: The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association Date: 2009/02, 109(2):Pages: 92-96. doi: Subito , type of study: cross sectional study

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Keywords:

attitude of health personnel [53]
career choice [40]
family practice [29]
internship and residency [150]
job satisfaction [6]
osteopathic family physicians [1]
cross sectional study [597]

Abstract:

CONTEXT: Progressively more osteopathic graduates are seeking training opportunities in programs accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). OBJECTIVE: To determine if family medicine residency training program choice (ie, allopathic [ACGME], osteopathic, or dually accredited) has an impact on professional satisfaction levels among recent osteopathic medical school graduates. METHODS: The authors designed a survey instrument to gather data on professional satisfaction levels. Osteopathic family physicians who completed residency training from 1999-2003 were asked to participate in the study. RESULTS: The survey was sent to 2284 individuals with an adjusted response rate of 37%. One hundred and one (15.8%) of the osteopathic family physicians who responded reported completing residency training programs approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA); 335 (52.3%), ACGME-accredited programs; 198 (30.9%), dually accredited programs. One hundred forty-three surveyed osteopathic physicians (22.3%) were less than happy with their career choice. In addition, 219 (34.2%) reported that they were “thinking of changing...specialty,“ and 30 (4.7%) reported that they were not “currently practicing family medicine.“ Individuals trained in ACGME programs reported slightly higher levels of professional satisfaction than individuals trained in AOA-approved or dually accredited programs--though these differences were deemed trivial (ie, low effect size, 0.01; P>.05). CONCLUSION: The authors found no statistically significant differences in professional satisfaction levels among osteopathic family physicians who were recent medical school graduates regardless of residency training program choice.


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