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Primary Care and Nonprimary Care Physicians' Concerns in Practice and Perceptions of Medical School Curriculum

Gang Xu

Mohammadreza Hojat

Timothy P. Brigham

Mary R. Robeson

J. Jon Veloski

Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

The purpose of the present study is to address the issue of physicians' concerns in practice and their perception of a medical school's curriculum with an emphasis on comparisons between primary and nonprimary care physicians. The sample consisted of 663 physicians who graduated from Jefferson Medical College (JMC) between 1982 and 1986, and also responded to a mailed questionnaire. Comparisons were made between physicians in primary care (n = 234) and in nonprimary care (n = 429) specialties on their responses regarding concerns in medical practice and evaluation of the medical school curriculum. Primary care physicians were more concerned about the time for their professional developmentwhereas nonprimary care physicians were more concerned about an oversupply of physicians in their specialties, prospective hospital payment, and malpractice litigation. Regardless of the specialties, the physicians overall seemed very concerned about their personal time. Interpersonal skills were regarded by all respondents as an important aspect of the medical school 's curriculum The importance of psychological, social, and cultural factors in the curriculum was strongly supported by these physicians'responses, particularly among primary care and women physicians.

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 17, No. 4, 436-445 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/016327879401700405
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