Clinical Practice Areas and Procedures Captured in the 2016 National Family Medicine Graduate Survey (N = 1,617)
| No. (%) practicing | |
|---|---|
| Clinical practice areas | |
| Pediatric outpatient care | 1,386 (85.7) |
| Newborn hospital care | 452 (28.0) |
| Pediatric hospital care (not newborn) | 343 (21.2) |
| Maternity care | 442 (27.3) |
| Intensive care/ICU-CCU | 263 (16.3) |
| End-of-life care | 1,035 (64.0) |
| Behavioral health care | 1,491 (92.2) |
| Integrative health care (eg, acupuncture, massage therapy, etc) | 332 (20.5) |
| Clinical procedures | |
| Women’s health | |
| Endometrial biopsy | 490 (30.3) |
| IUD insertion and removal | 771 (47.7) |
| Implantable long-acting reversible contraception (eg, nexplanon) | 369 (39.5) |
| Colposcopy | 284 (17.6) |
| Uterine aspiration/D & C (n = 1,609) | 84 (5.2) |
| Pregnancy termination (n = 1,605) | 44 (2.7) |
| Basic obstetrics ultrasound (AFI, fetal presentation, placental location) | 258 (15.9) |
| Orthopedics/musculoskeletal medicine | |
| Casting | 467 (28.9) |
| Joint aspiration and injection | 1,300 (80.4) |
| Musculoskeletal ultrasound | 127 (7.9) |
| Genitourinary | |
| Vasectomy | 84 (5.2) |
| Neonatal circumcision | 357 (22.1) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Cardiac stress testing | 147 (9.2) |
| Osteopathic manipulative treatment | 186 (11.5) |
| Buprenorphine treatment | 119 (7.4) |
| Management of HIV/AIDS | 304 (18.9) |
| Management of hepatitis C | 392 (24.2) |
ICU-CCU = intensive care unit-critical care unit; IUD = intrauterine device; D & C = dilatation and curretage; AFI = amniotic fluid index.