Career Plans of Internal Medicine Residents From 2019 to 2021 (2024)

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    Health Care Reform

    August 28, 2023

    NehaParalkar,MD1,2; NancyLaVine,MD1; SaoirseRyan,BA3; et al RosemarieConigliaro,MD1; JasonEhrlich,MD1; AishaKhan,MD1; LaurenBlock,MD, MPH1

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    • 1Department of Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York

    • 2now at Department of Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey

    • 3Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York

    JAMA Intern Med. 2023;183(10):1166-1167. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2873

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    Shortages of primary care clinicians are projected by numerous groups; the Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of up to 48 000 primary care physicians by 2032.1 As internal medicine (IM) residents account for 24% of active US residents, career choices of IM residents will have significant implications for the future physician workforce.2 West et al3,4 reported on the career plans of graduating IM residents completing the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE) in 2004 and found only 25% planned to enter general internal medicine (GIM); their subsequent 2012 analysis showed this proportion decreased further to 19.9%.4 We used national data from the 2019 to 2021 IM-ITE to evaluate career choice plans among IM residents to see if this trend has persisted despite programmatic and educational initiatives to address the shortage of primary care clinicians.5

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    Paralkar N, LaVine N, Ryan S, et al. Career Plans of Internal Medicine Residents From 2019 to 2021. JAMA Intern Med. 2023;183(10):1166–1167. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2873

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