Does the type of training program accreditation affect professional satisfaction levels of osteopathic medical school graduates?
Residency Program Connection, March 31, 2009
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The type of residency training program graduates of osteopathic medical schools attend—ACGME, American Osteopathic Association (AOA), or dually-accredited—may not affect their professional satisfaction levels, according to a new study.
Researchers osteopathic family physicians, who finished residency training during1999–2003, conducted a survey designed to measure professional satisfaction levels. Of those who responded, 15.8% graduated from an AOA-accredited residency program, 52.3% from an ACGME-accredited program, and 30.9% from a dually accredit program.
Regarding satisfaction levels, survey respondents reported the following:
- 22.3% were less than happy with their career choice
- 34.2% were thinking of changing their specialty
- 4.7% were not currently practicing family medicine
This study, “Professional satisfaction among new osteopathic family physicians: a survey-based investigation of residency-trained graduates” was performed by researchers at Ohio University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and appeared in the February issue of the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.
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