Background: Third-year enhanced skills programs, also known as family medicine (FM) PGY3 programs, have always been an area of debate. Their exponential growth does not stem from a strong body of academic evidence or public health needs assessment. This qualitative descriptive study explores the current perspectives of second-year FM residents at the University of Ottawa on extended training programs through semi-structured interviews.Results: Of the fifteen participants, eight were applying to PGY3 FM programs, six were not and one was unsure. Themes generated included: developing generalist niches within primary care, increasing confidence of FM graduates, allowing generalists to fill in healthcare gaps to meet community needs, meeting th...
Background: Residency training is increasingly occurring in community settings. The opportunity for ...
Objective: To explore family physicians’ perspectives on how best to exercise their role relative to...
Increasingly, physicians are being scrutinized and held accountable for their medical decisions by g...
Background: The shift from undergraduate to postgraduate education signals a new phase in a doctor’s...
Introduction: After obtaining specialty status for family practice in 2004, a teaching program has b...
Introduction: The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) offers the Certificate of Added Comp...
Background/PurposeThe University of Calgary Family Medicine (FM) residency program introduced a new ...
Background: The structure of family practice residency programs remains essentially unchanged from t...
Background: The requirements for the quality of postgraduate medical education (PGME) have been incr...
Background: The purpose of this study was to explore family medicine residents’ perceptions of a new...
Aims: To measure the association between number of patient encounters and training provided to resid...
Background: The MMed in Family Medicine is a professional Master’s qualification spanning 4 years of...
Background: As part of needs assessment processes, our Faculty of Medicine (FOM) continuing professi...
International audiencePURPOSE: The patient partner in teaching method is progressively developing fo...
Context: The Clinician Scholar Program (CSP) is an enhanced-skills (R3) residency program to train c...
Background: Residency training is increasingly occurring in community settings. The opportunity for ...
Objective: To explore family physicians’ perspectives on how best to exercise their role relative to...
Increasingly, physicians are being scrutinized and held accountable for their medical decisions by g...
Background: The shift from undergraduate to postgraduate education signals a new phase in a doctor’s...
Introduction: After obtaining specialty status for family practice in 2004, a teaching program has b...
Introduction: The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) offers the Certificate of Added Comp...
Background/PurposeThe University of Calgary Family Medicine (FM) residency program introduced a new ...
Background: The structure of family practice residency programs remains essentially unchanged from t...
Background: The requirements for the quality of postgraduate medical education (PGME) have been incr...
Background: The purpose of this study was to explore family medicine residents’ perceptions of a new...
Aims: To measure the association between number of patient encounters and training provided to resid...
Background: The MMed in Family Medicine is a professional Master’s qualification spanning 4 years of...
Background: As part of needs assessment processes, our Faculty of Medicine (FOM) continuing professi...
International audiencePURPOSE: The patient partner in teaching method is progressively developing fo...
Context: The Clinician Scholar Program (CSP) is an enhanced-skills (R3) residency program to train c...
Background: Residency training is increasingly occurring in community settings. The opportunity for ...
Objective: To explore family physicians’ perspectives on how best to exercise their role relative to...
Increasingly, physicians are being scrutinized and held accountable for their medical decisions by g...