Study shows waning med student interest in primary care

Hauer, et al published an interesting study in the recent issue of JAMA demonstrating that only two percent of nearly 1,200 fourth-year medical students surveyed plan to work in primary care internal medicine. (Click here to view the abstract.) Factors likely include lower insurance reimbursements for primary care visits (Medicare's fee schedule pays less for office visits than for simple procedures) and associated lower salaries.

Interestingly, 19.4% of the med students studied responded that their core IM clerkship made a career in general IM seem more attractive, whereas 48.8% responded that it made a career in subspecialty IM more attractive.

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