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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 2021 Towards a Quality Agenda for Family Medicine Go to Towards a Quality Agenda for Family Medicine 2015 Inpatient Hand-Offs in Family Medicine Residency Programs: A CERA Study Go to Inpatient Hand-Offs in Family Medicine Residency Programs: A CERA Study 2017 Increased Public Accountability for Hospital Nonprofit Status: Potential Impacts on Residency Positions Go to Increased Public Accountability for Hospital Nonprofit Status: Potential Impacts on Residency Positions 2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health
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 2021 Towards a Quality Agenda for Family Medicine Go to Towards a Quality Agenda for Family Medicine 2015 Inpatient Hand-Offs in Family Medicine Residency Programs: A CERA Study Go to Inpatient Hand-Offs in Family Medicine Residency Programs: A CERA Study 2017 Increased Public Accountability for Hospital Nonprofit Status: Potential Impacts on Residency Positions Go to Increased Public Accountability for Hospital Nonprofit Status: Potential Impacts on Residency Positions 2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health
2015 Inpatient Hand-Offs in Family Medicine Residency Programs: A CERA Study Go to Inpatient Hand-Offs in Family Medicine Residency Programs: A CERA Study
2017 Increased Public Accountability for Hospital Nonprofit Status: Potential Impacts on Residency Positions Go to Increased Public Accountability for Hospital Nonprofit Status: Potential Impacts on Residency Positions
2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health