2024 Indiana Family Medicine Residencies Exit Survey Report

Abstract

To create successful healthcare workforce development strategies, it's crucial to grasp why Indiana family medicine residents select certain practice locations. By gaining insights into the factors that influence their choices, we can enhance our efforts to recruit and retain family medicine physicians in underserved areas across the state. Beginning in 2012, data were gathered from residents in the eleven Indiana family medicine residency programs to document their graduates’ contribution in meeting the medical care needs of the residents of Indiana and the communities where they will practice. Since 2018, three more programs have been added. Thus, data were collected from fourteen programs statewide. The 2024 Indiana Family Medicine Residencies Exit Survey© marks the 13th consecutive year of determining what these physicians plan to do after graduation; and, for those planning to primarily provide clinical care, to determine where they plan to practice. In addition, the survey also obtained overall feedback on the residents’ training and their program’s curricula, as well as ideas and suggestions for improvement.