The researchers found that during the study period, 9.4 percent of residents planned on a career in general internal medicine, 15.1 percent in hospital medicine, and 67.9 percent in a subspecialty.
Among categorical year 3 residents from 2009-2011 and 2019-2021, there was a decrease in general internal medicine career plans of 10.4 percent and an increase in hospital medicine career plans by 11.4 percent, with minimal change in subspecialty career choice, but for primary care residents, there was a 7.8 percent decrease in general internal medicine career choices, a 20.1 percent increase in hospital medicine career choices, and an 11.
"The Internal Medicine In-Training Examination data, along with the projected shortages in primary care providers, suggest that more needs to be done to encourage residents to pursue careers in general internal medicine," the authors write.Neha Paralkar et al, Career Plans of Internal Medicine Residents From 2019 to 2021,