MPPDA Research Committee MPPDA Annual Meeting Orlando 2015

Members  Michael Aronica Co-Chair, SUNY Buffalo  Anoop Agrawal, Co-Chair, Baylor  Ronald Williams, Penn State  Princess Dennar, Tulane  Steve Strausbaugh, Case Wester  Sharon Wretzel, Baystate  John Stewart, Kentucky  Jen Lindstrom, Albany  Alice Alexander, Arkansas  Dick Wardrop, UNC Chapel Hill  Rachel Caskey, UIC  Russ Kolarik, Greenville

Review of Charges  1. To create a supportive environment for collaborative research within the MPPDA.  2. To provide research support to other MPPDA committees, as appropriate.  3. To obtain and assist MPPDA committees to obtain IRB approval as appropriate for initiatives that may require this step in order to disseminate study results within the academic community.  4. To work collaboratively with the MPPDA Executive Committee to develop, adapt,administer, analyze, and disseminate the results of the MPPDA Annual Program Director Survey.  5. To work collaboratively Executive Committee to develop, adapt, administer, analyze, and disseminate the results of the MPPDA Annual Meeting Survey.  6. To develop a process to ensure that all surveys and research data requests of the MPPDA membership are vetted by the committee, and where appropriate, incorporated into the annual survey to reduce survey fatigue amongst members.  7. To attend the Research Committee meeting at the annual National MPPDA Meeting.

Long Term goals for the MPPDA research Committee  Obtain annual MPPDA national survey data with analysis and survey revision.  Support MPPDA in data collection for executive committee initiatives  Improving research networking and development of a National Med-Peds PBRN  Improving research networking and development of a National Med-Peds PBRN  Increase and support Med-Peds faculty publication

Annual Med-Peds Program Survey  Program Characteristics  Recruitment  Program/Program Director Support  Ambulatory Training  Board Certification  Graduates  Curriculum & Transitional committees  Miscellaneous

Annual Program Survey  Survey conducted during Summer 2014  Contacts s were found from MPPDA & ACGME databases  SurveyMonkey survey method  53 out of 77 programs responded (68% response rate)

Annual Med-Peds Program Survey: Program Characteristics ITEMMeanSD Number of Residents/ Program 19.7 ’12/’13 = 18.1/19.6 +/- 9.4 (median = 16) Number of faculty FTE’s/Program 8.6 ’12/’13 = 7.8 /7.8 +/ (median=6.0) Number of Core faculty FTE’s/Program 4.3 ‘12/’13 = 4.6/4.3 +/- 2.1 (median = 4) Year Program Started1989+/- 9.5 years Mean number Resident/Faculty FTE = 2.3 (’12/’13 = 2.9/2.5)

Attrition Trend

Annual Med-Peds Program Survey: Program/Program Director Support ITEMMEANSD Length of Time as PD 7.8 years 2013 = 6.7 years +/- 5.1 years Age of PD43.4 years+/- 4.7 years PD annual salary$188k (median 185k) +/- $30k Program Director time dedicated to program 0.42 FTE+/- 0.1 FTE APD time (primary)0.22 FTE (median 0.2) +/ FTE PA/PC time0.76 FTE 2013 = /- 0.4FTE (median 0.7 FTE)

Annual Med-Peds Program Survey: Program/Program Director Support  PD Gender: 53% Male (‘12/’13 = 57/53% male)  Have an APD: 81% of programs (‘12/13= 61/83)  Have a separate/own Program administrator: 81% of programs (‘12/’13 = 82/71%)  Have a Med-Peds Chief Resident: 88% of Programs (‘12/’13 = 93/91%)  Have a PD controlled Budget: 77% of Programs (‘12/’13 = 65/61%)

Annual Med-Peds Program Survey: Program/Program Director Support In 2014 Associate professor ranks are now in the plurality Hospitalist PD’s increased from 11% – 19% since 2009

Annual Med-Peds Program Survey: Graduates  Remained static since 2009

Annual Med-Peds Program Survey: Miscellaneous  Post-Interview Contact Methods  78% have contact post interview  54% Program initiated correspondence  62% Candidate initiated correspondence  30% Program sent a letter  X+Y exposure  IM program only (not Med-Peds) 43%  Med-Peds program participate 13%  72% of Med-Peds programs have their own CCC

Research Committee: Goals for 2015 Graduate Survey - sometime in June MPPDA Annual Program Director Survey in July Submit Graduate Survey Manuscript Upload previous years' surveys to AAIM Send members to NAPCRG conference in October. Lay the groundwork for Med-Peds Community Survey. Lay the ground work for a certification board 'at risk' survey.