Hueston W J
St. Claire Medical Center, Morehead, KY.
J Fam Pract. 1993 Jul;37(1):44-8.
Family medicine has struggled to gain stature among academic medical disciplines. One factor has been the paucity of quality family medicine research.
Two hundred eight full-time physician faculty members at family practice residency programs completed a survey that focused on demographics, training, experience, professional activities, and factors that motivated them to select academic careers. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine if any of these factors was associated with increased time spent on research.
Faculty members who spent 10% or more of their professional time on research were more likely to be fellowship trained, employed in university training programs, have more academic experience, and to cite the opportunity to do research as a factor motivating them to enter academic medicine. However, when multivariate analysis was performed, the only significant factor that predicted that a faculty member would devote 10% or more time to research was having an interest in research when first seeking a position in academic medicine.
The amount of time that family medicine faculty members dedicate to research is related to a strong interest in research when seeking their academic position. Fellowship training and an academic environment may have assisted faculty in performing research, but were not independent predictors of future involvement in research.
家庭医学在学术医学学科中一直努力提升地位。一个因素是高质量家庭医学研究的匮乏。
家庭医学住院医师培训项目的208名全职医师教员完成了一项调查，该调查聚焦于人口统计学、培训、经验、专业活动以及促使他们选择学术职业的因素。进行了双变量和多变量分析，以确定这些因素中是否有任何一个与花在研究上的时间增加有关。
将10%或更多专业时间用于研究的教员更有可能接受过专科培训，受雇于大学培训项目，有更多学术经验，并将做研究的机会作为促使他们进入学术医学领域的一个因素。然而，进行多变量分析时，预测教员会将10%或更多时间用于研究的唯一重要因素是在首次谋求学术医学职位时对研究有兴趣。
家庭医学教员投入到研究上的时间量与谋求学术职位时对研究的浓厚兴趣有关。专科培训和学术环境可能有助于教员开展研究，但并非未来参与研究的独立预测因素。
