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Khwaja, A., Schaad, D. C., & Arnold, R. W. (2015). Service and its association with matching into a primary care residency. Advances in medical education and practice, 6155-8. https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S76039
Khwaja, Ansab, et al. "Service and its association with matching into a primary care residency." Advances in medical education and practice vol. 6 (2015): 155-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S76039
Khwaja A, Schaad DC, Arnold RW. Service and its association with matching into a primary care residency. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2015 Mar 10;6:155-8. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S76039. eCollection 2015. PMID: 25792861; PMCID: PMC4360791.
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Adv Med Educ Pract. 2015 Mar 10;6:155-8. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S76039. eCollection 2015.

Service and its association with matching into a primary care residency.

Advances in medical education and practice

Ansab Khwaja, Douglas C Schaad, Richard W Arnold

Affiliations

  1. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

PMID: 25792861 PMCID: PMC4360791 DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S76039

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is a shortfall in the primary care workforce, and an effort is needed in learning more about what motivates students to work as generalists. There is enthusiasm about service as a potential motivator. The objective is to determine whether there is an association between high participation in service and selection of a primary care residency.

METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort analysis. The service award was used to delineate two groups, recipients and non-recipients, with the recipients considered high service participators. This was associated with residency match data using test of proportions to examine relationships between service and selection of a primary care residency and other secondary factors.

RESULTS: Of award recipients, 57.3% matched in primary care, compared to 52.8%, though this did not reach statistical significance. Service was linked with induction into Alpha Omega Alpha honor society (23.3% versus 14.6%) and induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (22.6%. versus 10.4%), with statistical significance.

CONCLUSION: This was an unsuccessful attempt to find a link between service and a primary care career choice, though there is a trend in the direction. The association with induction into the humanism honor society suggests that service is linked with development and/or retention of positively viewed qualities in medical students.

Keywords: community service; medical education; primary care

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