Practice management training in family practice residencies.

Recent surveys have suggested that practice management instruction in family practice residency programs is inadequate. The majority of third-year family practice residents graduating in 1980 felt inadequately trained in nearly all aspects of practice management. Thirty-five percent of these residents noted that their residency programs offered no regularly scheduled time for practice management training. Results of four family practice residency graduate follow-up surveys showed that no fewer than 25 percent and, often, 60 to 80 percent of graduates felt underprepared in most areas of practice management.