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Home Research Research Library National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Methodology National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project Methodology 2024 Author(s) Barr, Wendy Brooks, Peterson, Lars E, Fleischer, Sarah E, and Seehusen, Dean A Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Imprinting Of Training, and National Graduate Survey Volume PRiMER Source PRiMER Introduction: Multiple specialties including family medicine are engaging in a robust re-envisioning of residency training that culminates with new program requirements. No large-scale prospective studies linking curriculum to graduate outcomes have been available to guide the new standards. This report describes the methodology including representativeness and response rates of the Council of Academic Family Medicine Education Research Alliance (CERA) and American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) National Family Medicine Residency Outcomes Project (FM-ROP). Methods: FM-ROP is a prospective cohort study that followed ABFM diplomates who graduated in 2018 into practice. A CERA survey conducted in 2018 measured residency exposures as reported by program directors. We measured graduate outcomes through the 2021 National Graduate Survey (NGS). We compared participant demographics to available demographics of the sample frame using bivariate analysis. Results: The response rate for the 2018 CERA program director survey was 43.3% (254/587). The response rate to the 2021 NGS was 45.1% (1,623/3,596). After merging the two data sets, our final analytic sample included 779 graduates from 211 residencies. Graduates from larger programs and those with an MD degree were more likely to be included in the matched data set. Conclusion: This study is the first national cohort study in any specialty that follows residency graduates by assessing program director perspectives on their training, including program structures and processes, and then linking this to graduate data on practice patterns and outcomes. The methodology of this project could be used in other specialties to help guide residency redesign. ABFM Research Read all 2023 The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters Go to The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters 1979 Panel: “role of the specialist in the emergency room” Go to Panel: “role of the specialist in the emergency room” 2018 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go Go to Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go 2015 The Impact of Repeated Exposure to Items Go to The Impact of Repeated Exposure to Items
Author(s) Barr, Wendy Brooks, Peterson, Lars E, Fleischer, Sarah E, and Seehusen, Dean A Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Imprinting Of Training, and National Graduate Survey Volume PRiMER Source PRiMER
ABFM Research Read all 2023 The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters Go to The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters 1979 Panel: “role of the specialist in the emergency room” Go to Panel: “role of the specialist in the emergency room” 2018 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go Go to Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go 2015 The Impact of Repeated Exposure to Items Go to The Impact of Repeated Exposure to Items
2023 The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters Go to The Decline in Family Medicine in-Training Examination Scores: What We Know and Why It Matters
1979 Panel: “role of the specialist in the emergency room” Go to Panel: “role of the specialist in the emergency room”
2018 Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go Go to Preparing the Personal Physician for Practice: What We’ve Learned and Where We Need to Go
