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ArticleBMC medical education2021

Examination of resident characteristics associated with interest in primary care and identification of barriers to cross-cultural care.

Sara Abrahams, Eun Ji Kim, Lyndonna Marrast, Omolara Uwemedimo, Joseph Conigliaro, Johanna Martinez

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Article in BMC medical education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Sara AbrahamsDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 500 Hofstra Blvd, Hempstead, NY, 11549, USA. sabrahams1@pride.hofstra.edu.
Eun Ji KimDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwell Health, Hempstead, NY, USA.
Lyndonna MarrastDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwell Health, Hempstead, NY, USA.
Omolara UwemedimoOccupational Medicine, Epidemiology, and Prevention at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, USA.
Joseph ConigliaroDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwell Health, Hempstead, NY, USA.
Johanna MartinezDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwell Health, Hempstead, NY, USA.

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Abstract

backgroundThere is an increasing shortage of primary care physicians in the U.S. The difficult task of addressing patients' sociocultural needs is one reason residents do not pursue primary care. However, associations between residents' perceived barriers to cross-cultural care provision and career interest in primary care have not been investigated.

objectiveWe examined residents' career interest in primary care and associations with resident characteristics and their perceived barriers in providing cross-cultural care.

methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional analysis of a resident survey from the 2018-2019 academic year. We first described residents' sociodemographic characteristics based on their career interest in primary care (Chi-square test). Our primary outcome was high career interest in primary care. We further examined associations between residents' characteristics and perceived barriers to cross-cultural care.

resultsThe study included 155 family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine residents (response rate 68.2%), with 17 expressing high career interest in primary care. There were significant differences in high career interest by race/ethnicity, as Non-White race was associated with high career interest in primary care (p < 0.01). Resident characteristics associated with identifying multiple barriers to cross-cultural care included disadvantaged background, multilingualism, and foreign-born parents (all p-values< 0.05). There were no significant associations between high career interest in primary care and barriers to cross-cultural care.

conclusionResidents from diverse racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds demonstrated higher career interest in primary care and perceived more barriers to cross-cultural care, underscoring the importance of increasing physician workforce diversity to address the primary care shortage and to improve cross-cultural care.

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Career ChoiceCulturally Competent CareInternship and ResidencyPrimary Health CareAttitude of Health PersonnelCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMale

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PMID33874946
PMCPMC8056670

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