Running against the clock: a qualitative study of internal medicine residents' work experience.

Aim Of The Study: While hospitals are adopting strategies designed to increase the overall efficiency of the healthcare system, physicians are facing expanding requirements. Such changes in work environment add new psychosocial and physical stressors. Building on a previous quantitative time-motion study, we conducted a qualitative study to better understand the work experience of internal medicine residents.

National Study on the Contribution of Family Physicians to the US Emergency Physician Workforce in 2020.

Background: Family physicians provide a sizable portion of emergency care in the United States. However, there is limited work characterizing this population.

Methods: We completed a cross-sectional analysis of the 2020 American Medical Association Physician Masterfile that was inclusive of all clinically active physicians who designated emergency medicine as their primary or secondary specialty and had family medicine residency training and/or family medicine board certification.