Services most commonly provided by CMs: 72 of 154 (46.8%) CMs provided responses; more than 1 category of response was permitted.
| CATEGORY | EXAMPLES | FREQUENCY N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Direct patient care | Office visits, histories, physicals examinations, minor surgeries, periodic health examinations, smoking cessation counseling, outpatient urgent care, emergency medicine, alternative medicine, travel medicine, sexual medicine or counseling, general counseling | 42 (58.3) |
| Public health | Population diagnostics, regional surveillance on health, morbidity and mortality, investigation of cases of notifiable disease and provision of follow-up and preventative interventions, public health environmental exposure assessment, tobacco reduction, chronic disease and injury prevention or control, advocacy, emergency coordination or preparedness | 40 (55.6) |
| Academic work | Teaching medical students or residents, clinical or epidemiologic research, research and evaluation of modes of organization and health services, literature synthesis, critical appraisals | 18 (25.0) |
| Consultation to health care workers, governments, or agencies | Telephone advice to physicians, public policy and position papers, expert advice to provincial working groups, nurses | 13 (18.1) |
| Occupational health | Industrial health and safety programs | 6 (8.3) |
CM—community medicine specialist.