Family medicine graduates' perceptions of intimidation, harassment, and discrimination during residency training

Family medicine graduates' perceptions of intimidation, harassment, and discrimination during residency training

BACKGROUND Despite there being considerable literature documenting learner distress and perceptions of mistreatment in medical education settings, these concerns have not been explored in-depth in Canadian family medicine residency programs. The purpose of the study was to examine intimidation, harassment and/or discrimination (IHD) as reported by Alberta family medicine graduates during their ...

What do family medicine residency graduates do?

Perceptions and practices of graduates of combined family medicine-psychiatry residency programs: a nationwide survey.

OBJECTIVE The authors evaluate the current practices and perceptions of graduates of combined family medicine-psychiatry residency programs in the following areas: preparation for practice, boundary formation, and integration of skills sets. METHOD The authors conducted an electronic cross-sectional survey of all nationwide combined family medicine-psychiatry training graduates in the spring ...

Fixing family medicine residency training.

The number of US medical students entering family medicine continues to decline. Despite the increased presence of family physicians on medical school faculty and increased exposure to family medicine during training, students still cite lack of respect and excessive knowledge base to master as reasons for not choosing our specialty. Specific changes must be made to family medicine residency tr...

Pregnancy and childbirth during family medicine residency training.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family medicine residency programs are training more women; pregnancy and childbirth during residency have become more common. The purpose of this study was to examine childbirth during residency from the perspectives of the new mother, her female colleagues who did not give birth during training, and program directors. METHODS We surveyed female residents and progra...