2000 Alumni Survey


How Many of Our Graduates are Involved in Education as Well as Taking Care of Patients

55% precept medical students in their offices.
55% have maintained an academic affiliation with
a medical school.
30% have full or part-time affiliations with residency training programs.

  How Well has the Residency Program Prepared Our Graduates for Practice?

   The quality of the overall preparation was rated 9 out of 10!

For those not having obstetrical privileges, the major reasons were time demands on professional and personal life. The quality of the residency training was not seen as a significant factor in this decision.


Note: Graduates were asked to respond to all that apply.

A sample of Comments from the Alumni Survey Provide a More Personal Touch to These Statistics

"My experience at HMC (in the training program and in practice ) had a very powerful influence on my professional life. It gave me a concept of Family Medicine as a discipline, which has shaped my thinking and my approach to practice and teaching."

"I gained repect for patients and family and an acknowledgement that compassion has a role in practice. Anyone can teach the science of medicine, but at Hunterdon, I learned the art through observation and practice."

"Good role models both as clinicians with critical inquiry and patient-centered, well rounded, practical knowledge and the confidence to do anything I want."

"Obstetrics is my favorite, both technically and socially, making it feasible to care for the whole family longitudinally."

"My training at HMC . . . really taught me the nuts and bolts of everyday practice in the real world."