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Home Research Research Library HIV Care by Early-Career Family Physicians HIV Care by Early-Career Family Physicians 2021 Author(s) Sonoda, Kento, Morgan, Zachary J, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Antiretroviral treatment has transformed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection into a chronic disease. Prior research demonstrated a discrepancy between preparation to provide HIV care and current provision among recent residency graduates. Our study aimed to describe characteristics related to preparedness and provision of HIV care, and to identify the associations between physician and practice characteristics with current provision of HIV care among those prepared. METHODS: We obtained data from the 2016 through 2019 American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) National Family Medicine Graduate Survey. Our main outcome was self-reported provision of HIV care. Bivariate statistics compared differences in personal and practice characteristics with self-reported preparation for HIV care, then among those prepared, provision of HIV care. We used logistic regression to determine associations between HIV care, among those prepared, with practice and personal characteristics. RESULTS: The response rate was 68.7% and our final sample size was 6,740 respondents. Only 25% of respondents reported preparedness in residency, and 44% of them reported current provision. Among those prepared, female gender (OR=0.604; 95% CI, 0.494-0.739) was associated with lower odds of practicing HIV care. Those working in high HIV prevalence areas (OR=1.718; 95% CI, 1.259-2.344) and in Northeast census region (OR=1.557; 95% CI, 1.137-2.132) had higher odds of providing HIV care. CONCLUSIONS: Fewer than half of those prepared in residency reported currently providing HIV care. Working in a high HIV prevalence area was associated with higher odds of providing HIV care, which suggests early-career family physicians are responding to community needs. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2019 Practice Intentions of Family Physicians Trained in Teaching Health Centers: The Value of Community-Based Training Go to Practice Intentions of Family Physicians Trained in Teaching Health Centers: The Value of Community-Based Training 2009 Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. Go to Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. 2021 Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty Go to Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty 2024 Setting the Target: Comparing Family Medicine Among US Allopathic Target Schools Go to Setting the Target: Comparing Family Medicine Among US Allopathic Target Schools
Author(s) Sonoda, Kento, Morgan, Zachary J, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Practice Intentions of Family Physicians Trained in Teaching Health Centers: The Value of Community-Based Training Go to Practice Intentions of Family Physicians Trained in Teaching Health Centers: The Value of Community-Based Training 2009 Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. Go to Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. 2021 Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty Go to Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty 2024 Setting the Target: Comparing Family Medicine Among US Allopathic Target Schools Go to Setting the Target: Comparing Family Medicine Among US Allopathic Target Schools
2019 Practice Intentions of Family Physicians Trained in Teaching Health Centers: The Value of Community-Based Training Go to Practice Intentions of Family Physicians Trained in Teaching Health Centers: The Value of Community-Based Training
2009 Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination. Go to Comparing the Performance of Allopathically and Osteopathically Trained Physicians on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Certification Examination.
2021 Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty Go to Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty
2024 Setting the Target: Comparing Family Medicine Among US Allopathic Target Schools Go to Setting the Target: Comparing Family Medicine Among US Allopathic Target Schools
