Home Research Research Library Clerkship Rotations Are a Key Driver of Family Medicine Choice: Insights from the 2024 National Resident Survey Clerkship Rotations Are a Key Driver of Family Medicine Choice: Insights from the 2024 National Resident Survey 2025 Author(s) Barr, Wendy Brooks, Peterson, Lars E, Fleischer, Sarah E, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) National Resident Survey, and Undergraduate Medical Education Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine The impact of medical school clerkship rotations on specialty choice is assumed but unknown. A 2024 survey of first year Family Medicine residents revealed that 37% Doctor of Medicine (MD) to 43% Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) chose Family Medicine during their core clerkship rotation. This underscores the pivotal importance of earlier clinical experiences in shaping future family physicians’ career choices and highlights the potential positive impact of required clerkship experiences in addressing primary care physician shortage. ABFM Research Read all 2019 New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians Than Older Ones. Go to New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians Than Older Ones. 2021 Reenvisioning Family Medicine Residency Education Go to Reenvisioning Family Medicine Residency Education 2025 Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine Go to Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine 2020 Maternity Care and Buprenorphine Prescribing in New Family Physicians Go to Maternity Care and Buprenorphine Prescribing in New Family Physicians
Author(s) Barr, Wendy Brooks, Peterson, Lars E, Fleischer, Sarah E, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) National Resident Survey, and Undergraduate Medical Education Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2019 New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians Than Older Ones. Go to New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians Than Older Ones. 2021 Reenvisioning Family Medicine Residency Education Go to Reenvisioning Family Medicine Residency Education 2025 Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine Go to Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine 2020 Maternity Care and Buprenorphine Prescribing in New Family Physicians Go to Maternity Care and Buprenorphine Prescribing in New Family Physicians
2019 New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians Than Older Ones. Go to New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians Than Older Ones.
2021 Reenvisioning Family Medicine Residency Education Go to Reenvisioning Family Medicine Residency Education
2025 Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine Go to Impact of Training Length on Scope of Practice Among Residency Graduates: A Report From the Length of Training Pilot Study in Family Medicine
2020 Maternity Care and Buprenorphine Prescribing in New Family Physicians Go to Maternity Care and Buprenorphine Prescribing in New Family Physicians
