Do Residents Benefit from Participating in Internal Medicine Interest Groups? A Study of Resident Perceptions from Two Institutions | Zendy

Steven J. Durning | Zendy; Kevin A Dorrance | Zendy; Gerald D. Denton | Zendy; John A. Poremba | Zendy; Michael J. Roy | Zendy

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Do Residents Benefit from Participating in Internal Medicine Interest Groups? A Study of Resident Perceptions from Two Institutions

Author(s) -

Steven J. Durning,

Kevin A Dorrance,

Gerald D. Denton,

John A. Poremba,

Michael J. Roy

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

military medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1930-613X

pISSN - 0026-4075

DOI - 10.7205/milmed.172.2.210

Subject(s) - feeling , likert scale , medicine , family medicine , scale (ratio) , residency training , medical education , psychology , continuing education , social psychology , developmental psychology , physics , quantum mechanics

For more than a decade, primary care residency training programs have struggled to attract graduates of U.S. medical schools. Internal medicine (IM) interest groups (IMIGs) have been widely instituted to foster student interest in careers in IM. Residents can participate in many IMIG activities. Studies have not assessed the benefits gained by resident participants in such groups.

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