Mission matters: trends in graduates practicing in primary care, rural and underserved areas, and in state

Mission matters: trends in graduates practicing in primary care, rural and underserved areas, and in state

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
AAMC data snapshot
Contributor(s):
Association of American Medical Colleges, issuing body.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : Association of American Medical Colleges, September 2020
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Physicians -- statistics & numerical data
Physicians -- trends
Schools, Medical -- trends
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Current physician workforce studies project future shortages of both primary care and specialist physicians, as well as the need to improve access to care and address health inequities. The AAMC developed the Missions Management Tool (MMT) as a resource to help medical school deans understand their institution's performance across various mission areas, including graduating a workforce that addresses the priority health needs of the nation. While physician specialty choice and practice location are complex individual decisions, institutional missions can drive curriculum design, opportunities for clinical training experiences, and shape the overall learning environment for students. This Data Snapshot compiles data from the AAMC Student Records System and the American Medical Association (AMA) Masterfile, as reported in the 2016-2020 MMTs, to explore just some of the recent trends in the specialty and practice locations of recent graduates. Data were examined alongside the stated mission of each medical school to determine any change among the percentages of new physicians practicing in primary care, rural areas, underserved areas, and within the state of their undergraduate medical education (UME) (refer to the glossary for definitions).
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 unnumbered pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101778479 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101778479