What do the internal medicine residents of Anadalusia think of their specialty? Survey results
Zambrana García, J.L.; Díez García, F.; Martín Escalante, M.D.; Rivera Cívico, F.; Delgado Fernández, M.; Cruz Caparrós, G.; Salas Coronas, J.
Anales de Medicina Interna 16(9): 484-487
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0212-7199 PMID: 10609365 Document Number: 498950
To know the opinion of andalusian Internal Medicine (IM) residents about different subjects of their specialty, and their biomedical investigation activities. A questionnaire with codified answers, facilitated to 64 IM residents of Andalusia. 69% of residents referred that IM was the specialty they wished to adhere at first choice. A 61% of residents would advice choosing IM as specialty to physicians with the exams for becoming a resident just passed. Best merit of IM for 89% of people was the global sight of the patient, and worst one for 37.5% was its tendency to fragmentation. 47% of residents consider that the role of the specialty will grow in the future. Our questionnaire reflects some of the contradictions that IM as a specialty is living, and probably show the rely of future internists to some future propositions about the specialty.