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Family physicians who have focused practices in oncology

Results of a national survey

Jeffrey J. Sisler, Mary DeCarolis, Deborah Robinson and Gokulan Sivananthan
Canadian Family Physician June 2013; 59 (6) e290-e297;
Jeffrey J. Sisler
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and Medical Lead (Primary Care) in the Community Oncology Program at CancerCare Manitoba.
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Deborah Robinson
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    Medical activities outside of the GPO role

    GPO—general practitioner in oncology.

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    Medical activities within the GPO role

    GPO—general practitioner in oncology.

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    Involvement of GPOs in cancer care

    CNS—central nervous system, GI—gastrointestinal, GPO—general practitioner in oncology, GU—genitourinary.

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    Characteristics of survey respondents (N = 120) compared with FP respondents to the 2010 NPS:Sixty (50.0%) survey participants were aged ≤ 50 years and 60 (50.0%) were aged > 50 years. The mean age of the NPS respondents was 49.7 years.

    CHARACTERISTICSURVEY RESPONDENTS, N (%)FP RESPONDENTS TO THE 2010 NPS (N = 6602), %
    Sex
      • Male46 (38.3)59.6
      • Female74 (61.7)40.0
    Province
      • Ontario44 (36.7)34.2
      • British Columbia35 (29.2)15.0
      • Manitoba12 (10.0)3.6
      • Quebec7 (5.8)24.1
      • New Brunswick7 (5.8)2.9
      • Nova Scotia5 (4.2)3.5
      • Newfoundland and Labrador3 (2.5)2.0
      • Saskatchewan3 (2.5)3.2
      • Alberta3 (2.5)1.2
      • Prince Edward Island1 (0.8)0.5
    Community size
      • < 10 00014 (11.7)13.6*
      • 10 000–100 00030 (25.0)18.1†
      • 100 001–500 00037 (30.8)62.7‡
      • > 500 00039 (32.5)NA
    Experience as GPO, y
      • < 211 (9.2)NA
      • 2–536 (30.0)NA
      • 6–1034 (28.3)NA
      • 11–1926 (21.7)NA
      • ≥ 2012 (10.0)NA
      • No answer1 (0.8)NA
    Status with CFPC
      • Certificant21 (17.5)NA
      • Member21 (17.5)NA
      • Both Certificant and member47 (39.2)NA
      • Not connected30 (25.0)NA
      • No answer1 (0.8)NA
    • CFPC—College of Family Physicians of Canada, GPO—general practitioner in oncology, NA—not available, NPS—National Physician Survey.

    • ↵* Value for the NPS “rural or remote” category.

    • ↵† Value for the NPS “small town” category.

    • ↵‡ Value for the NPS “urban or suburban” category.

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