A comparison of primary care residents with conventional internal medicine and pediatric residents.
A study was done of 15 residency training programs in primary care (not family practice residencies) to determine how the residents compared with their counterparts in conventional programs. Primary care residents are equally or more clinically skilled and equally or better grounded in the science of medicine. Their clinical research is directed toward different issues, and they are decidedly more psychosocially oriented.
D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D010372:Pediatrics; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011361:Professional Competence; D012938:Social Perception; D012941:Social Responsibility; D000078329:Workforce