Re: New Allopathic Medical Schools Train Fewer Family Physicians than Older Ones

Fewer family physicians are in solo practices.

Over the past 20 years there has been a statistically significant trend toward fewer family physicians identifying as being in solo practice. Further study to determine the reasons for this decline and its impact on access to care will be critical because rural areas are more dependent on solo practitioners.

Should older family physicians retire?

This month in Canadian Family Physician, we attempt to answer the question, “Should older family physicians retire?” Racine puts forward many good reasons why he thinks they should (page 22).1 Dickie thinks the opposite, emphasizing their contribution and their experience (page 23).2 Even before responding to this question, we should first understand what is meant by older physicians and by ret...

Fewer medical students selecting family medicine. Can family practice survive?

Prevalence of Self-disclosed Disability Among Medical Students in US Allopathic Medical Schools.

Prevalence of Self-disclosedDisability Among Medical Students in USAllopathicMedical Schools Studying the performance of medical students with disabilities requires abetter understandingof theprevalence andcategories of disabilities represented.1-4 It remains unclear how many medical students have disabilities; prior estimates are out-of-dateandpsychological, learning,andchronichealthdisabiliti...

Possible reasons why female physicians publish fewer scientific articles than male physicians – a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND The proportion of women in medicine is approaching that of men, but female physicians are still in the minority as regards positions of power. Female physicians are struggling to reach the highest positions in academic medicine. One reason for the disparities between the genders in academic medicine is the fact that female physicians, in comparison to their male colleagues, have a lo...