Future Physicians of America 5 th Annual Survey September 2010.
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Transcript of Future Physicians of America 5 th 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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SLIDE 2
>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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SLIDE 3
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
y Med
icine
Pediat
rics,
Gener
al a
nd S
ubsp
ecialty
Fam
ily P
ract
ice
Inte
rnal M
edici
ne, G
ener
al
Surg
ery, G
ener
al
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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SLIDE 12
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
ia
Patie
nt e
xper
ienc
es
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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SLIDE 14
Which of the following medical TV shows do you watch?
*Respondents allowed to choose more than 1 show