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The family physician is a skilled clinician
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Family medicine is a community-based discipline
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The family physician is a resource to a defined practice population
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The patient-physician relationship is central to the role of the family physician
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Data from the College of Family Physicians of Canada.7
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- Table 1
Demographic characteristics of Canadian family medicine residents respondents: N = 568; not all respondents answered all questions.
CHARACTERISTIC N Year of training • First 293 • Second 275 Sex • Male 170 • Female 397 Ethnicity • White 407 • Asian 94 • Hispanic 5 • African descent 15 • First Nations or Inuit 1 • Other 49 Age, y • 21–25 57 • 26–30 324 • 31–35 108 • 36–40 39 • 41–45 25 • > 45 10 Location of intended practice* • Academic practice 119 • Urban community practice 324 • Rural community practice 249 • Northern or remote practice 69 -
↵* Respondents could indicate more than 1 future practice location.
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VARIABLE FIRST-YEAR RESIDENTS SECOND-YEAR RESIDENTS ALL RESIDENTS Aware of CanMEDS-FM • Yes, % 90.0 87.7 88.9 • No, % 10.0 12.3 11.1 • Total, n 261.0 260.0 521.0 Level of understanding of and comfort with the CanMEDS-FM roles • Very comfortable, % 25.8 28.8 27.3 • Somewhat comfortable, % 51.5 47.7 49.6 • Vaguely comfortable, % 18.5 19.2 18.8 • Uncomfortable, % 4.2 4.2 4.2 • Total, n 260.0 260.0 520.0 -
CanMEDS-FM—CanMEDS–Family Medicine.
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LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING FAMILY MEDICINE EXPERT, % (N = 517) COMMUNICATOR, % (N = 517) COLLABORATOR, % (N = 512) MANAGER, % (N = 507) HEALTH ADVOCATE, % (N = 513) SCHOLAR, % (N = 510) PROFESSIONAL, % (N = 514) Beyond level of knowledge expected for current level of training 4.8 28.2 18.4 7.5 12.7 7.1 22.4 At level of knowledge expected for current level of training 83.4 66.0 72.9 69.8 74.1 74.7 70.4 Below level of knowledge expected for current level of training 8.7 3.1 5.5 17.8 10.3 14.5 3.5 Unfamiliar with this CanMEDS-FM role and learning objectives 3.1 2.7 3.3 4.9 2.9 3.7 3.7 -
CanMEDS-FM—CanMEDS–Family Medicine.
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Canadian family medicine residents’ perceptions about the most important CanMEDS-FM role
ROLE FIRST-YEAR RESIDENTS, % (N = 253) SECOND-YEAR RESIDENTS, % (N = 253) ALL RESIDENTS, % (N = 506) Family medicine expert 45.1 41.1 43.1 Communicator 31.2 32.8 32.0 Health advocate 12.3 9.9 11.1 Professional 4.7 7.1 5.9 Collaboration 3.2 5.9 4.5 Manager 3.2 1.2 2.2 Scholar 0.4 2.0 1.2 -
CanMEDS-FM—CanMEDS–Family Medicine.
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- Table 5
Formal training and clinical education in family medicine residency training relating to CanMEDS-FM
VARIABLE FIRST-YEAR RESIDENTS SECOND-YEAR RESIDENTS ALL RESIDENTS CanMEDS-FM roles guide core family medicine training • Yes, % 77.8 75.1 76.4 • No, % 22.2 24.9 23.6 • Total, n 252 253 505 CanMEDS-FM roles guide off-service training • Yes, % 40.4 43.3 41.8 • No, % 59.6 56.7 58.2 • Total, n 255 252 507 CanMEDS-FM roles guide evaluations in core family medicine training • Yes, % 85.6 86.2 85.9 • No, % 14.4 13.8 14.1 • Total, n 250 254 504 CanMEDS-FM roles guide evaluations in off-service training • Yes, % 64.4 68.9 66.7 • No, % 35.6 31.1 33.3 • Total, n 250 251 501 -
CanMEDS-FM—CanMEDS–Family Medicine.
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