INTRODUCTION This paper quantifies the proportion of family physicians in rural practice and, in particular, initial rural practice. It examines differences between graduates of Canadian and international medical schools. METHODS The Canadian Medical Association postal code master file was used to determine the distribution in rural practice of Canadian and international medical school gradua...

OBJECTIVE To assess family practitioners' attitudes toward and awareness of evidence-based medicine (EBM). DESIGN A cross-sectional study from a questionnaire distributed between January and March 2007. SETTING Rural and urban family medicine centres throughout Jordan that are affiliated with the Ministry of Health, military centres, university medical centres, and the private sector. PAR...

BACKGROUND Populations in agricultural communities require health care that is interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral to address the high rate of workplace deaths, preventable injuries and illness. These rates are compounded by limited access to services and the distinctive personal values and culture of farming populations, which both health and rural practitioners must be aware of to red...

PURPOSE Previous research indicated that rural family physicians were more likely to pass the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) examination. One possible explanation is that rural family physicians may have a broader scope of practice. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study of family physicians taking the ABFM MC-FP examinatio...

SUMMARY Rural western Canada relies heavily on family physicians with enhanced surgical skills (ESS) for surgical services. The recent decision by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) to recognize ESS as a "community of practice" section offers a potential home akin to family practice anesthesia and emergency medicine. To our knowledge, however, a skill set for ESS in Canada has ne...

INTRODUCTION In Japan, the maldistribution of physicians between urban and rural areas is increasing. It is important to know the practice location expectations of future physicians. METHODS The study was designed as a cross-sectional survey. In 2009-2013, students at a medical school in Japan completed a questionnaire containing 50 items with four-point Likert scales. The students rated the ...

Family Medicine Geethi Abraham Northwestern McGaw, Northwestern Memorial Hospital/VA, Chicago, IL Michelle Baker Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, IL Lynsie Bane Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH Tiffany Chang West Suburban Medical Center, Oak Park, IL Mark Frakes Texas A&M-Bryan/College Station, Bryan, TX Aaron Jannings Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI K...

The specialty of Family Medicine enjoys a special position in the medical practice of the West, serving as one of the key primary care specialties. Family physicians act as providers of first contact catering to the medical needs of the entire family in all aspects of preventive, curative and rehabilitative stages of illness and to health maintenance. The growth of this specialty, however, has ...

Objective. The goal of this study was to explore which topics were rendered important to incorporate into a men's health curriculum for family medicine resident training. Design. A mixed-methodology was used. A case study method with a sequential transformative strategy was utilized. A quantitative survey was sent to the 17 program directors of Canadian family medicine training programs. This w...