Publications by authors named "Carol Popkave"
Background: Clinical documentation and clerical duties are substantial activities for internal medicine residents. Therefore, we sought to understand the perspectives of internal medicine residents regarding the time devoted to documentation and direct patient care, as well as the perceived frequency and importance of feedback on patient-related documentation.
Methods: As part of the 2006 US Internal Medicine In-Training Examination, residents voluntarily completed a survey that included questions on the average daily hours spent in direct patient contact and clerical documentation during inpatient rotations.
Background: Little is known about factors contributing to the career decisions of internal medicine residents.
Objective: To evaluate factors self-reported by internal medicine residents nationally as important to their career decisions.
Design: Cross-sectional survey conducted in October of 2005, 2006, and 2007 as part of the national Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE).
Background: Internal medicine ambulatory training redesign, including recommendations to increase ambulatory training, is a focus of national discussion. Residents' and program directors' perceptions about ambulatory training models are unknown.
Objective: To describe internal medicine residents' and program directors' perceptions regarding ambulatory training duration, alternative ambulatory training models, and factors important for ambulatory education.
Background: Physicians often enter the workplace with substantial debt. The relationship between debt and reported career plans among internal medicine residents is unknown.
Objective: To determine distributions of educational debt among internal medicine residents and associations of debt with reported career plans.
Purpose: To describe internal medicine residents' opinions regarding the optimal duration of internal medicine residency training, and to assess whether these opinions are associated with specific career interests.
Method: A national cohort study was conducted during the 2005 Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE), which involved 382 of 388 (98.5%) U.
Background: Little is known about the timing and stability of internal medicine resident career decisions during the course of residency training.
Objective: To assess changes in reported career plans among internal medicine trainees during their training.
Design: Observational cohort using data collected as part of the annual Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE) survey.
Purpose: Fewer medical students are pursuing residency training in primary care disciplines. This report describes the career plans of residents enrolled in internal medicine training programs and their reasons for pursuing either generalist or subspecialist career paths.
Method: From 1998 to 2003, questionnaires were administered to residents participating in the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination.