Changing career specialties within veterinary medicine.

Physician career satisfaction within specialties

BACKGROUND Specialty-specific data on career satisfaction may be useful for understanding physician workforce trends and for counseling medical students about career options. METHODS We analyzed cross-sectional data from 6,590 physicians (response rate, 53%) in Round 4 (2004-2005) of the Community Tracking Study Physician Survey. The dependent variable ranged from +1 to -1 and measured satisf...

The changing face of veterinary medicine.

Physician career satisfaction across specialties.

BACKGROUND The career satisfaction and dissatisfaction physicians experience likely influence the quality of medical care. OBJECTIVE To compare career satisfaction across specialties among US physicians. METHODS We analyzed data from the Community Tracking Study of 12 474 physicians (response rate, 65%) for the late 1990s. Data are cross-sectional. Two satisfaction variables were created: v...

Importance-performance analysis of food-supply veterinary medicine career commitment.

This study presents the results of an analysis that identifies factors important to veterinary students in making a lifetime commitment to a particular career area. Using an importance-performance framework, the study evaluated 28 veterinary career attributes. Results indicate that to develop greater lifetime commitment among students, careers in food-supply veterinary medicine need to improve ...

Integrative veterinary medical education and consensus guidelines for an integrative veterinary medicine curriculum within veterinary colleges.

Integrative veterinary medicine (IVM) describes the combination of complementary and alternative therapies with conventional care and is guided by the best available evidence. Veterinarians frequently encounter questions about complementary and alternative veterinary medicine (CAVM) in practice, and the general public has demonstrated increased interest in these areas for both human and animal ...