title: Preparing physicians for careers in primary care internal medicine: 17 years of residency experience.
abstract: The objective of this survey was to demonstrate whether a primary care track internal medicine residency program emphasizing community-based health care of the urban sick poor trains physicians who will continue to practice in general internal medicine or similar fields. Thirty-five primary care residents (100% of graduates) who trained from 1976 through 1993 in the Adult Primary Care Track of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York were used as participants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, New York 10011, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Brickner
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ramis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000266:history; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D011320:Primary Health Care