![]() ![]() The distribution of respondents’ intentions to pursue a primary care residency and costs spent yielded a “U” shaped curve. Results: A total of 25,852 osteopathic medical students received the survey, of which 1,280 students responded to and completed it, yielding a 4.95% response rate. Respondents were also asked to select which board examination(s) and pertinent resource(s) they had purchased. Using a non-experimental survey design, this study asked respondents to evaluate the following: “I plan to enter a Primary Care Residency (Family Medicine OR General Internal Medicine OR Pediatrics)” using a Likert scale. ![]() Methods: We postulated that students who incurred higher financial costs from preparing and sitting for board examinations would be more likely to be interested in non-primary care (NPC) residencies. However, sparse research has studied how the cost of board preparation and examination relates to career choice. The objective of this study was to determine if there is an association between the cost of preparing and sitting for board examinations and the intention to enter a PC residency for osteopathic medical students. Introduction: The shortage of primary care physicians in the United States has warranted an investigation into how medical education debt and other factors influence medical students’ interests in primary care (PC) residencies. ![]()
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