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In multilevel logistic regression, UPI likelihood was higher among graduates from low vs high socioeconomic backgrounds (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.21; 95% CI, 1.15-1.28), from rural vs nonrural backgrounds (AOR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.47-1.75), with vs without UPI at matriculation (AOR, 7.87; 95% CI, 7.07-8.76), who reported participation in 2 or more vs 0 preparatory electives for working with underserved communities (2 electives: AOR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.11-1.42; 6 electives: AOR, 3.02; 95% CI, 2.63-3.48), and planning general primary care (AOR, 3.40; 95% CI, 3.15-3.67) or emergency medicine (AOR, 2.25; 95% CI, 2.07-2.44) specialties, each vs internal medicine with a subspecialty. UPI likelihood was lower among graduates planning non-general surgical (AOR, 0.54; 95% CI, 0.49-0.60) and all other (nonsurgical) specialties (AOR, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.54-0.63).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study identified demographic characteristics, early-career intentions, medical school exposures, and postgraduation professional plans associated with increased odds of UPI at graduation. These findings highlight multiple points in the medical education continuum where UPI might be fostered or sustained among students with varied backgrounds, exposures, and career plans, supporting medical school efforts that contribute to physician workforce needs in underserved areas.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/acamed\/wvaf033","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,13]],"date-time":"2026-02-13T12:51:29Z","timestamp":1770987089000},"page":"214-225","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Addressing national health care needs: recent US MD graduates and their intention to practice in underserved areas"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"101","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6197-6937","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amy","family":"Pineda","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Cameron","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Natalie J","family":"Felida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, United States"},{"name":"Clinical Research, Hinge Health, San Francisco, CA, United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James A","family":"Youngclaus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6192-191X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Douglas","family":"Grbic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Norma","family":"Poll-Hunter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Community, Opportunity, and Engagement, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8902-1227","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dorothy A","family":"Andriole","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Geoffrey H","family":"Young","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"wvaf033-B3-20260320","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"167","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rdc.2019.09.009","article-title":"Underserved communities: enhancing care with graduate medical education","volume":"46","author":"Sandhu","year":"2020","journal-title":"Rheum Dis Clin North Am"},{"key":"wvaf033-B4-20260320","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"803","DOI":"10.1097\/00001888-200509000-00004","article-title":"Impact of the University of California, Los Angeles\/Charles R. 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