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Hospitalist Involvement In Family Medicine Residency Training: A Cera Study, Robert A. Baldor, Judith A. Savageau, Navkiran Shokar, Stacy E. Potts, Joseph Gravel Jr., Kimberly Eisenstock, James Ledwith
Hospitalist Involvement In Family Medicine Residency Training: A Cera Study, Robert A. Baldor, Judith A. Savageau, Navkiran Shokar, Stacy E. Potts, Joseph Gravel Jr., Kimberly Eisenstock, James Ledwith
Judith A. Savageau
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Little is known about the impact of hospitalists on family medicine residencies. We surveyed family medicine residency directors to assess attitudes about hospitalists and their involvement in residency teaching.
METHODS: Questions were included in the 2012 Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) survey of family medicine residency directors. Univariate statistics were used to describe programs, directors, and our questions on the use of hospitalists. Bivariate statistics were used to examine relationships between the use of hospitalists to teach and program characteristics.
RESULTS: Forty-one percent (n=175) of residency directors completed the hospitalist section of the …