An evaluation of career paths among 30 years of general internal medicine/primary care internal medicine residency graduates.

Background: Interest in primary care careers has been dwindling among medical trainees over the past decade, with poor quality of life among the perceived disadvantages. We sought to evaluate factors influencing career satisfaction among graduates of Brown's General Internal Medicine (GIM)/Primary Care residency program and assess its contribution to the primary care work force.

Methods: Using an anonymous online survey, we queried GIM alumni from 1981-2012 to obtain information about demographics, job characteristics and career satisfaction measures.

Promoting quality care for recently resettled populations: curriculum development for internal medicine residents.

Background: Residents report they lack preparation for caring for an increasingly diverse US population. In response, a variety of curricula have been developed to integrate cultural competency into medical training programs. To date, none of these curricula has specifically addressed members of recently resettled populations.

Caring for vulnerable populations: curricula in U.S. internal medicine residencies.

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) encourages internal medicine training programs to include specific curricula devoted to health care issues of vulnerable populations. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of curricula involving selected vulnerable populations among U.S.

Evaluating a lesbian and gay health care curriculum.

Background: Many physicians are not prepared to deal with the health care concerns of their lesbian and gay patients.

Purpose: To examine the impact of a seminar on the self-reported level of preparedness and comfort in dealing with lesbian and gay patients among general internal medicine residents.

Methods: General internal medicine residents at Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University participated in the 3-hr seminar.