October 2002 • Volume 8 • Number 10 |
AAFP today compared with past -- members' view*
* Source: 2002 Member Attitude Survey, AAFP |
Eighty-five percent of AAFP members recently surveyed said they're satisfied with the Academy in comparison with other medical organizations; 48 percent said they're very satisfied.
These answers emerged from the 2002 AAFP Member Attitude Survey. The survey, conducted every year since 1992, serves as one of the Academy's barometers of members' feelings about the Academy, its services and other issues.
Fifty-eight percent of the 367 members surveyed in early 2002 said the Academy has improved or somewhat improved. About three in five members surveyed said AAFP leaders are responsive to their needs and opinions. The number of members who have found AAFP leadership responsive has been consistent, varying by only 3 percentage points in the past five years.
Members surveyed this year indicated less enthusiasm for their career choice than those surveyed last year. Sixty-seven percent said that if they could choose again, they would be family physicians, compared with 74 percent who gave that answer last year.
Survey respondents were asked to rate the AAFP products and services with which they were familiar. The three highest-rated services were computerized CME record-keeping, American Family Physician and patient education materials.
Seventy-six percent of members surveyed this year said the Academy is doing a good job of representing family practice within the medical community. Three-quarters of the survey respondents said the Academy is doing a good job of representing family physicians to patients and the general public, and 62 percent said the Academy is doing a good job of representing family practice to the government.
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