Descriptive analysis of residency-trained emergency medicine physicians.
The purpose of this study was to analyze the demographics, practice characteristics, and job satisfaction of physicians who completed emergency medicine residencies. A questionnaire was mailed to 858 physicians who graduated from residencies between 1978 and 1982. A 62.8% response rate (n = 539) was achieved. The majority of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with their choice of a career in emergency medicine and with the quality of their residency training. Over 22% of respondents cited lack of preparation to perform administrative tasks as a significant weakness of their residency training. The results of survey indicate that emergency medicine physicians are engaged primarily in clinical practice, but that administrative duties increase rapidly in the years following residency graduation. Emergency medicine physicians are still highly concentrated in states in which emergency medicine residencies are located. The percentage of graduates choosing academic careers is smaller than reported in studies of earlier graduates.
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103.
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D002321:Career Choice; D003710:Demography; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States