What kind of physician will you be?: Variation in health care and its importance for residency training a report of the Dartmouth Atlas Project

This report is part of a new effort to provide medical students with information about the patterns of care provided by teaching hospitals with residency training programs. Most fourth-year medical students consider the reputation and training curriculum of the institution as well as their own geogr...

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Main Authors: Arora, Anita, True, Alicia (Author)
Corporate Authors: Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Atlas Project
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Lebanon, N.H.] The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice October 30, 2012, 2012
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520 |a This report is part of a new effort to provide medical students with information about the patterns of care provided by teaching hospitals with residency training programs. Most fourth-year medical students consider the reputation and training curriculum of the institution as well as their own geographical and lifestyle preferences when choosing a residency program. This report offers medical students new ideas and information to help guide their choice. It shines a light on hospital characteristics that are often invisible but are part of the hidden training curriculum that can affect a lifetime of practice. These include how aggressively physicians at each hospital treat chronically ill patients at the end of life, and the frequency with which patients undergo surgery when other treatment options are available. The authors of this report (who are physicians in training) believe that the wise use of health care resources and respect for patient preferences are just as important as learning to work up a patient