Debt, moonlighting, and career decisions among internal medicine residents

Rebecca A. Silliman; Robert S. Dittus; Ramon Velez; Steven A. Wartman; Mark J. Young; Robert H. Fletcher

Debt, moonlighting, and career decisions among internal medicine residents

Rebecca A. Silliman, Robert S. Dittus, Ramon Velez, Steven A. Wartman, Mark J. Young, Robert H. Fletcher

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	463-469
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Medical Education
Volume	62
Issue number	6
State	Published - 1987
Externally published	Yes

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