Joining Forces: Integrating Family Medicine and Behavioral Health in a Family Medicine Residency

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna H. London ◽  
Erin C. Watson ◽  
Jared Berger ◽  
Nicole Costello
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Family Medicine Residency

scholarly journals Burnout and Job Satisfaction Among Family Medicine Residency Coordinators:

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 679-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Ofei-Dodoo ◽  
Cassie Scripter ◽  
Rick Kellerman ◽  
Cheryl Haynes ◽  
Maria Eliza Marquise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Family Medicine Residency ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
High Degree

Background and Objectives: Research into rates of burnout and job satisfaction among family medicine residency coordinators is nonexistent. Coordinators play a pivotal role in medical education, sometimes have multiple roles and titles, and often work in stressful environments. The goals of this study were to explore the prevalence of, and relationship between, burnout and job satisfaction among family medicine residency coordinators. Methods: This national wellness study involved 307 family medicine residency coordinators. Modified questions of the Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version 5 were used to measure participants’ burnout and job satisfaction rates. The authors used chi-square tests, Pearson’s r correlations, and multiple linear regression to analyze the data. Results: The response rate was 72% (307/429), with 24% of family medicine residency coordinators reporting high, 51% reporting moderate, and 26% reporting low rates of work-related burnout. Twenty-eight percent of the family medicine residency coordinators reported high, 46% moderate, and 26% low job satisfaction. There was a significantly negative relationship between job satisfaction and work-related burnout, r (306)=-.638, P<0.001. Regression explained 42% of variance in job satisfaction, and showed that burnout (β=-.62) and years on the job (β=.15) were significant predictors of job satisfaction (R=0.64; F [5, 277]=40.28, P<.001). Conclusions: The results demonstrate that family medicine residency coordinators are generally satisfied with their work and reported moderate to high degree of burnout rates.

scholarly journals Maternity Care Tracks at US Family Medicine Residency Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 857-863
Author(s):  
Steven E. Roskos ◽  
Tyler W. Barreto ◽  
Julie P. Phillips ◽  
Valerie J. King ◽  
W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Maternity Care ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Family Medicine Residency ◽  
Survey Response Rate ◽  
Care Training ◽  
Practice Methods ◽  
Residency Program Directors ◽  
The Relationship

Background and Objectives: The number of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline, jeopardizing access to needed care for underserved populations. Accreditation changes in 2014 provided an opportunity to create family medicine residency maternity care tracks, providing comprehensive maternity care training only for interested residents. We examined the relationship between maternity care tracks and residents’ educational experiences and postgraduate practice. Methods: We included questions on maternity care tracks in an omnibus survey of family medicine residency program directors (PDs). We divided respondent programs into three categories: “Track,” “No Track Needed,” and “No Track.” We compared these program types by their characteristics, number of resident deliveries, and number of graduates practicing maternity care. Results: The survey response rate was 40%. Of the responding PDs, 79 (32%) represented Track programs, 55 (22%) No Track Needed programs, and 94 (38%) No Track programs. Residents in a track attended more deliveries than those not in a track (at Track programs) and those at No Track Needed and No Track programs. No Track Needed programs reported the highest proportion of graduates accepting positions providing inpatient maternity care in 2019 (21%), followed by Track programs (17%) and No Track programs (5%; P<.001). Conclusions: Where universal robust maternity care education is not feasible, maternity care tracks are an excellent alternative to provide maternity care training and produce graduates who will practice maternity care. Programs that cannot offer adequate experience to achieve competence in inpatient maternity care may consider instituting a maternity care track.

scholarly journals Residency Setting Association With Resident Substance Use Disorder Training: A CERA Secondary Data Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-201
Author(s):  
Joshua St. Louis ◽  
Emma Worringer ◽  
Wendy B. Barr
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Resident Training ◽  
Addiction Medicine ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Family Medicine Residency

Background and Objectives: As the opioid crisis worsens across the United States, the factors that impact physician training in management of substance use disorders become more relevant. A thorough understanding of these factors is necessary for family medicine residency programs to inform their own residency curricula. The objective of our study was to identify factors that correlate with increased residency training in addiction medicine across a broad sample of family medicine residencies. Methods: We performed secondary analysis of a national family medicine residency program director survey conducted in 2015-2016 (CERA Survey PD-8). We obtained data from the Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) Data Clearinghouse. We analyzed residency clinic site designation as a patient-centered medical home (PCMH), federally-qualified health center (FQHC), or both, for their correlation with faculty member possession of DEA-X buprenorphine waiver license, as well as required residency curriculum in addiction medicine. Results: Residency programs situated in an FQHC were more likely to have faculty members who possessed DEA-X buprenorphine waiver licenses (P=.025). Residency clinics that were both a PCMH as well as an FQHC also correlated strongly (P=.001). Furthermore, residencies with faculty who possessed a DEA-X license were significantly more likely to have a required curriculum in addiction medicine (P=.002). Conclusions: Our quantitative secondary analysis of CERA survey data of family medicine residency program directors revealed that resident training in addiction medicine is strongly correlated with both residency clinic setting (FQHC or FQHC/PCMH) as well as residency faculty possession of DEA-X licenses.

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