Bender L F, Dijkers M P
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1986 Nov;67(11):783-9.
Of the several roads that lead to practice in the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), the most common is from a US medical school to a PM&R residency to specialty practice. To reduce the predicted shortage of PM&R physicians, more medical students must be attracted to the specialty. Past studies have failed to show success of various mechanisms, designed to expose students to the field, to attract to the residency programs. The current study was designed to further explore the medical school factors contributing to choice of the PM&R residency. The number of PM&R residents produced by each of the US medical schools was related to various characteristics of these schools: size, presence of a PM&R department, presence of a PM&R residency program. Only school size was found to explain the sizable observed variation in number of residents. Additional research incorporating quality and quantity of curricular exposure to PM&R is suggested.
在通往物理医学与康复（PM&R）专科实践的几条道路中，最常见的是从美国医学院到PM&R住院医师培训再到专科实践。为了减少预计的PM&R医生短缺，必须吸引更多医学生投身该专科。过去的研究未能表明旨在让学生接触该领域的各种机制在吸引住院医师培训项目方面取得成功。当前的研究旨在进一步探讨促成选择PM&R住院医师培训的医学院因素。美国各医学院培养的PM&R住院医师数量与这些学校的各种特征相关：规模、是否设有PM&R系、是否设有PM&R住院医师培训项目。结果发现只有学校规模能够解释观察到的住院医师数量的显著差异。建议开展纳入PM&R课程接触的质量和数量的进一步研究。
