Debt, Moonlighting, and Career Decisions Among Internal Medicine Residents.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-1987
Abstract
In the study reported here, medical residents were surveyed to determine their patterns of educational indebtedness, the effects of debt on their decisions about training and career, the frequency with which they begin making loan payments during training, the extent to which they moonlight and the reasons for doing so, and their opinions about the effects of moonlighting on house staff training. A total of 223 residents from four residency programs were surveyed; 181 responded. Most (86 percent) had educational debt (mean = $20,500), and more than half of those with debt were making loan payments. Forty percent of the residents moonlighted, and moonlighting was related to the presence of educational debt, monthly loan payments, and number of dependents.
Volume
62
Issue
6
First Page
463
Last Page
469
ISSN
0022-2577
Published In/Presented At
Silliman, R. A., Dittus, R. S., Velez, R., Wartman, S. A., Young, M. J., & Fletcher, R. H. (1987). Debt, moonlighting, and career decisions among internal medicine residents. Journal Of Medical Education, 62(6), 463-469.
Disciplines
Medical Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
3599034
LVHN link
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Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine Faculty
Document Type
Article