National Family Medicine Resident Survey 2001.

How the survey began The SOR is composed of two resident representatives from each Canadian family medicine (FM) residency program. Since 1995, the SOR’s Survey Committee has surveyed FM residents across the country about their residencies. The CFPC developed a comprehensive database on family physicians through the Janus Project: Family Physicians Meeting the Needs of Tomorrow’s Society in 1997. Because it wanted to build a comprehensive database of FM residents to assess resident awareness of the CFPC, profile FM education, and appraise residents’ satisfaction with their programs, the SOR developed its first standardized national survey for FM residents in 1999. The results of the biennial survey allow the SOR to assess and anticipate the needs of the residents it represents and to facilitate improvements in residency programs. The 1999 survey, sent to all Canadian FM residents, was the template for the 2001 survey.