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Campos-Outcalt D. Family practice specialty selection: a research agenda. Fam Med. 1991;23(8):609-19
Campos-Outcalt, D. (1991). Family practice specialty selection: a research agenda. Family medicine, 23(8), 609-19.
Campos-Outcalt, D. "Family practice specialty selection: a research agenda." Family medicine vol. 23,8 (1991): 609-19.
Campos-Outcalt D. Family practice specialty selection: a research agenda. Fam Med. 1991 Nov-Dec;23(8):609-19. PMID: 1794674.
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Fam Med. 1991 Nov-Dec;23(8):609-19.

Family practice specialty selection: a research agenda.

Family medicine

D Campos-Outcalt

Affiliations

  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724.

PMID: 1794674

Abstract

This article examines the declining interest in family practice by US medical students and trends in specialty selection over the past decade. Four factors affecting specialty choice (medical student characteristics, medical school, residencies, and certain aspects of the health care system) are discussed, and a research agenda is developed for each area. Researchers and funding agencies are urged to begin an exploration of these issues to better understand the dynamics behind current specialty choices so that successful policies to increase the number of students entering family practice can be developed.

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