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Home Research Research Library Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability: Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions 2013 Author(s) Chen, Candice, Petterson, Stephen M, Phillips, Robert L, Mullan, F, Bazemore, Andrew W, and O’Donnell, S D Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, Education & Training, Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Cost Of Care, Shortage Areas, and Imprinting Of Training Volume 88(9):1-14 Source Academic Medicine PURPOSE: Graduate medical education (GME) plays a key role in the U.S. health care workforce, defining its overall size and specialty distribution and influencing physician practice locations. Medicare provides nearly $10 billion annually to support GME and faces growing policy maker interest in creating accountability measures. The purpose of this study was to develop and test candidate GME outcome measures related to physician workforce. METHOD: The authors performed a secondary analysis of data from the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile, National Provider Identifier file, Medicare claims, and National Health Service Corps, measuring the number and percentage of graduates from 2006 to 2008 practicing in high-need specialties and underserved areas aggregated by their U.S. GME program. RESULTS: Average overall primary care production rate was 25.2% for the study period, although this is an overestimate because hospitalists could not be excluded. Of 759 sponsoring institutions, 158 produced no primary care graduates, and 184 produced more than 80%. An average of 37.9% of internal medicine residents were retained in primary care, including hospitalists. Mean general surgery retention was 38.4%. Overall, 4.8% of graduates practiced in rural areas; 198 institutions produced no rural physicians, and 283 institutions produced no Federally Qualified Health Center or Rural Health Clinic physicians. CONCLUSIONS: GME outcomes are measurable for most institutions and training sites. Specialty and geographic locations vary significantly. These findings can inform educators and policy makers during a period of increased calls to align the GME system with national health needs. Read More ABFM Research Read all 1988 Liberal education for family practice Go to Liberal education for family practice 2020 The Evolving Family Medicine Team Go to The Evolving Family Medicine Team 2021 The effect of team-based care practice on productivity for family physicians Go to The effect of team-based care practice on productivity for family physicians 2022 Racial/Ethnic Representation Among American Board of Family Medicine Certification Candidates from 1970 to 2020 Go to Racial/Ethnic Representation Among American Board of Family Medicine Certification Candidates from 1970 to 2020
Author(s) Chen, Candice, Petterson, Stephen M, Phillips, Robert L, Mullan, F, Bazemore, Andrew W, and O’Donnell, S D Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, Education & Training, Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Graduate Medical Education, Cost Of Care, Shortage Areas, and Imprinting Of Training Volume 88(9):1-14 Source Academic Medicine
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