Participants in a medical student-run clinic and career choice

Weinreich, Michael; Kafer, Ilana; Tahara, Denise C.; Frishman, William H.

doi:10.5455/jcme.20150321111913

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“…Our study agrees with the results generated by Tong, et al in 2012, Vaikunth, et al in 2014, and Weinreich, et al in 2015 but disagrees with the other two studies done on the topic. Furthermore, while three of the past studies found that female gender either makes a person more likely to become a volunteer at an SRFC or more likely to appreciate SRFC volunteering, our study did not find a correlation between volunteering and female gender [ 6 , 8 , 14 ]. This also disagrees with past research that states that female gender influences specialty choice [ 15 ].…”

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“…Compared to studies on empathy toward underserved populations, specialty choice has been studied to a lesser extent, and the methods for analysis have varied widely, leading to contradictory results [ 7 - 8 , 12 - 14 ]. The first study, in chronological order, showed that more SRFC volunteers matched in primary care residencies compared to non-volunteers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There was no significant difference in the tendency towards a primary care specialty choice in volunteers compared to non-volunteers. However, 26% of students who entered primary care reported to do so because of their experiences volunteering at the SRFC [ 14 ]. Additionally, of note, these studies usually failed to mention the percentage of primary care versus specialty care offered, which we suspect may have been one factor that influenced the range of conclusions.…”

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The Effect of Medical Student Volunteering in a Student-Run Clinic on Specialty Choice for Residency

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Ismail

Gookin

et al. 2017

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Introduction: Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) are a recent popular addition to medical school education, and a subset of studies has looked at the influence of SRFC volunteering on the medical student’s career development. The majority of the research done in this area has focused on understanding if these SRFCs produce physicians who are more likely to practice medicine in underserved communities, caring for the uninsured. The remainder of the research has investigated if volunteering in an SRFC influences the specialty choice of medical school students. The results of these specialty choice studies give no definitive answer as to whether medical students chose primary or specialty care residencies as a result of their SRFC experience.Keeping Neighbors in Good Health through Service (KNIGHTS) is the SRFC of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine (UCF COM). Both primary and specialty care is offered at the clinic. It is the goal of this study to determine if volunteering in the KNIGHTS SRFC influences UCF COM medical students to choose primary care, thereby helping to meet the rising need for primary care physicians in the United States.Methods: A survey was distributed to first, second, and third-year medical students at the UCF COM to collect data on demographics, prior volunteering experience, and specialty choice for residency. Responses were then combined with records of volunteer hours from the KNIGHTS Clinic and analyzed for correlations. We analyzed the frequency and Pearson’s chi-squared values. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: Our survey had a total response rate of 39.8%. We found that neither the act of becoming a KNIGHTS Clinic volunteer nor the hours volunteered at the KNIGHTS Clinic influenced the UCF COM student’s choice to enter a primary care specialty (p = NS). Additionally, prior volunteering/clinical experience or the gender of the medical school student did not influence a student’s choice to volunteer at the KNIGHTS Clinic.Discussion: Volunteering at KNIGHTS Clinic did not increase student choice to enter primary care, with students choosing other specialties at equal rates, probably due to the variety of specialties present at the KNIGHTS Clinic. This suggests that the volunteer attending physicians present at an SRFC may influence the choice of residency for students. It also suggests that SFRCs are not a viable tool to increase the number of primary care doctors in the United States.

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The Effect of Medical Student Volunteering in a Student-Run Clinic on Specialty Choice for Residency

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Gookin

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“…Eleven articles were included describing FMIG (1978 -2019) 2,4,9-17 and seven describing SRFC (1985-2016). [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] For FMIG, seven were single-institution and four were multi-institutional studies. The first paper published in 1978, termed the program "Family Practice Club," but otherwise "FMIG" was the shared name for this entity.…”

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The Impact of Family Medicine Interest Groups and Student-Run Free Clinics on Primary Care Career Choice: A Narrative Synthesis

Sairenji

Kost

Prunuske

et al. 2022

Fam Med

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Background and Objectives: Student-directed activities such as family medicine interest groups (FMIG) and student-run free clinics (SRFC) have been examined to discover their impact on entry into family medicine and primary care. The objective of this review was to synthesize study results to better incorporate and optimize these activities to support family medicine and primary care choice. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive literature search using PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL to identify all English-language research articles on FMIG and SRFC. We examined how participation relates to entry into family medicine and primary care specialties. Exclusion criteria were nonresearch articles, review articles, and research conducted outside the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. We used a 16-point quality rubric to evaluate 18 (11 FMIG, seven SRFC) articles that met our criteria. Results: Of the nine articles that examined whether FMIG participation impacted entry into family medicine, five papers noted a positive relationship, one paper noted unclear correlation, and three papers noted that FMIG did not impact entry into family medicine. Of the seven articles about SRFC, only one showed a positive relationship between SRFC activity and entry into primary care. Conclusions: Larger-scale and higher quality studies are necessary to determine the impact of FMIG and SRFC on entry into family medicine and primary care. However, available evidence supports that FMIG participation is positively associated with family medicine career choice. In contrast, SRFC participation is not clearly associated with primary care career choice.

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“…7,51 This observation suggests that SRFCs breed future leaders in the medical community with a focus on providing medical care for traditionally underserved communities, 8 although measures like specialty selection are not reported to be significantly influenced by SRFC experience. 52–54…”

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Student-Run Free Clinics Stand at a Critical Junction Between Undergraduate Medical Education, Clinical Care, and Advocacy

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Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) act as primary care providers that bring health care to populations in need and are an important source of undergraduate medical education (UME), guiding trainees through the art of history taking and physical examination. However, they are also social justice and advocacy initiatives-addressing disparity in access to care and educating medical trainees with firsthand exposure to socioeconomic determinants of health as well as language and medical illiteracy barriers. Here, the authors review academic literature examining the impact of SRFCs in their 3 roles: as medical care providers, as components of medical education, and as advocacy organizations. Based on the evidence of that literature and decades of direct SRFC leadership experience, the authors make the case that SRFCs are an undersupported means by which UME institutions contribute to correcting health care disparities and to serving social justice reform. SRFCs as Medical Care ProvidersSRFCs primarily serve patients of low socioeconomic status, targeting communities where up to 45% of the

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Participants in a medical student-run clinic and career choice

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The Effect of Medical Student Volunteering in a Student-Run Clinic on Specialty Choice for Residency

The Effect of Medical Student Volunteering in a Student-Run Clinic on Specialty Choice for Residency

The Impact of Family Medicine Interest Groups and Student-Run Free Clinics on Primary Care Career Choice: A Narrative Synthesis

Student-Run Free Clinics Stand at a Critical Junction Between Undergraduate Medical Education, Clinical Care, and Advocacy

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