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Home Research Research Library Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: 2019 Author(s) Coutinho, Anastasia J, Levin, Zachary, Petterson, Stephen M, Phillips, Robert L, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training, Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, Graduate Medical Education, Imprinting Of Training, and Quality Of Care Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine Purpose A family physician’s ability to provide continuous, comprehensive care begins in residency. Previous studies show that patterns developed during residency may be imprinted upon physicians, guiding future practice. The objective was to determine family medicine residency characteristics associated with graduates’ scope of practice (SCoP). Method The authors used (1) residency program data from the 2012 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medicine Education Accreditation Data System and (2) self-reported data supplied by family physicians when they registered for the first recertification examination with the American Board of Family Medicine (2013–2016)—7 to 10 years after completing residency. The authors used linear regression analyses to examine the relationship between individual physician SCoP (measured by the SCoP for primary care [SP4PC] score [scale of 0–30; low = small scope]) and individual, practice, and residency program characteristics. Results The authors sampled 8,261 physicians from 423 residencies. The average SP4PC score was 15.4 (standard deviation, 3.2). Models showed that SCoP broadened with increasing rurality. Physicians from unopposed (single) programs had higher SCoP (0.26 increase in SP4PC); those from major teaching hospitals had lower SCoP (0.18 decrease in SP4PC). Conclusions Residency program characteristics may influence family physicians’ SCoP, although less than individual characteristics do. Broad SCoP may imply more comprehensive care, which is the foundation of a strong primary care system to increase quality, decrease cost, and reduce physician burnout. Some residency program characteristics can be altered so that programs graduate physicians with broader SCoP, thereby meeting patient needs and improving the health system. Read More ABFM Research Read all 1999 Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence Go to Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence 2018 Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians Go to Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians 2021 Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Go to Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 2022 Primary Care: The Actual Intelligence Required for Artificial Intelligence to Advance Health Care and Improve Health Go to Primary Care: The Actual Intelligence Required for Artificial Intelligence to Advance Health Care and Improve Health
Author(s) Coutinho, Anastasia J, Levin, Zachary, Petterson, Stephen M, Phillips, Robert L, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training, Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, Graduate Medical Education, Imprinting Of Training, and Quality Of Care Volume Academic Medicine Source Academic Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 1999 Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence Go to Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence 2018 Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians Go to Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians 2021 Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Go to Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 2022 Primary Care: The Actual Intelligence Required for Artificial Intelligence to Advance Health Care and Improve Health Go to Primary Care: The Actual Intelligence Required for Artificial Intelligence to Advance Health Care and Improve Health
1999 Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence Go to Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence
2018 Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians Go to Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians
2021 Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Go to Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
2022 Primary Care: The Actual Intelligence Required for Artificial Intelligence to Advance Health Care and Improve Health Go to Primary Care: The Actual Intelligence Required for Artificial Intelligence to Advance Health Care and Improve Health