future physicians of america 5 th annual survey september 2010

Future Physicians of America 5th Annual Survey

September 2010

Survey respondents

• Survey included 710 medical students who use Epocrates

Year in medical school- 4th year: 46%- 3rd year: 34%- 2nd year: 15%- 1st year: 5%

• Survey completed in August of 2010• Students randomly selected to participate

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>60% knew they wanted to be a doctor pre-college

As a child35%

In high

school28%In col-

lege27%

After col-lege grad-uation10%


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When did you know you wanted to enter medical school?

Currently, what is your career goal?

• Join a group practice – 32%

• Be employed by a hospital – 31%

• Work in academia – 16%

• Open a partnership practice – 9%

• Own a solo practice – 6%

• Practice part-time – 2%

• Industry consultant – 1%

• Other – 3%

Internal medicine gained most popularity in 2010

Emer

genc

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Pediat

rics,

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Fam

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Inte

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OBGYN0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

201020092006


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What specialty do you plan to pursue?

*only top 6 are charted

5 years running – location, location, location!

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

20102009200820072006


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Location School ranking/ reputation

Only one where I was accepted

Cost Research opportunities/

curriculum

Financial aid

What were the primary reasons for selecting your medical school?

Students are increasingly concerned about being a “good physician”

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

2010200920082007


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What are your greatest concerns about becoming a practicing physician?

Students generally have a positive opinion of school and training


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Interaction with hospital admins

Practice management/ownership

Prescribing safety

EHR utilization

Patient safety

Infection prevention/control

Bedside manner

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Somewhat satisfied Not satisfied N/A

Please rate your satisfaction with the amount of training you have received in the following areas:

Overall Grade for Med School(A) Excellent (B) Good (C) Average(D) Below Average (E) Failing

30%49%17%4%0%

Mobile reference usage accelerated to primary clinical information source

Mobile reference

Internet reference

Text book Fellow medical student

Resident Attending physician

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

2010

2009


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When you need information to help you solve a clinical question, where is the first place you are most likely to turn?

*Answers below 5% are not charted

Majority of students own or plan to own an Apple® mobile device

69%

14%11%

6% 6%4%


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What type of mobile device do you use?

42% of students plan to purchase a new device within the next year.

Android24%

Win Mobile1%

Other7%

iPhone/iPod touch/iPad

64%

BlackBerry4%

What device do you plan to purchase?

n= 305

*Respondents allowed to choose more than 1 device

~80% of medical students use Epocrates daily


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>3 times/day35%

2-3 times/day

25%

Once a day18%

Several times/ week12%

Weekly10%

How often do you use Epocrates software?

EHR availability is a priority for students

Practice benefits38%

Improved solutions

26%Gov't incen-tives20%

The need to com-

pete8%

Peer in-fluence

8%


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94% believe it is “Very Important” (70%)/“Important” (24%) to have an EHR at the place they choose to practice.

(This is up from 90% in 2009.)

What do you think will contribute most to wide-spread EHR adoption?

Students see attendings adopting technology

Yes23%

No77%


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Do you feel attending physicians are resistant to medical

technology?

% practice safe hygiene

% respondents

0-25% 2%

26-50% 21%

51-75% 45%

76-100% 32%

What % of fellow students and physicians do you feel practice

safe hygiene in a medical setting?

76% believe there should be a restriction on the number of hours residents are allowed to work

Attending physicians influence students opinion of pharma reps

Med

ical

jour

nals

Drug

refe

renc

e

Diseas

e re

fere

nce

Confe

renc

es

Inte

rnet

sear

ches

Phar

ma

reps

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

20102009

Attend

ing

phys

icia

n

Phar

ma

reps

Med

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Patie

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Resid

ents

Fello

w stud

ents

Fam

ily/fr

iend

s0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

2010

2009


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Rate the credibility of the following channels:

What factors primarily contribute to your opinion of pharma?

*Respondents allowed to choose more than 1 influence

House and Scrubs popular TV shows among students

House Scrubs Grey's Anatomy Royal Pains Private Practice None/Other0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%


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Which of the following medical TV shows do you watch?

*Respondents allowed to choose more than 1 show

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