Sponsoring Institutions with Five or Fewer Residency Programs Produce a Larger Proportion of General Internists and Family Physicians

2016

Authors Hemeida, S, Klink, Kathleen, Bazemore, Andrew W, Petterson, Stephen M, Peterson, Lars E
Topics Achieving Health System Goals, Education & Training
Volume 29(3):301-302
Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Policymakers are increasingly interested in addressing the US primary care physician shortage and achieving measurable accountability for the products of the nation’s $15 billion investment in graduate medical education (GME). Using one such measure, we found that sponsoring institutions (SIs) with