VOL 50: MAY • MAI 2004 d Canadian Family Physician • Le Médecin de famille canadien 687 Editorials Second thoughts on third-year training

All across Canada, leaders in family medicine are trying to encourage family physicians to off er all the medical services the public needs. Th ey are encouraging family physicians to maintain well-rounded practices and to provide a full scope of services within practice groups. At the same time, Canadian universities are off ering fam-ily medicine graduates an ever-increasing range of third-year training programs. Th ese programs are much sought after by residents since many intend to limit their scope of practice early on. Should the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and university departments of family medicine be focusing their efforts on developing specific advanced skills or on turning out general practitio-ners with a range of skills? Th ird-year training programs build on the basi