The portion of the survey assessing residents’ intentions to practise comprehensive continuing care upon graduation
| STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS | RESPONSE SCALE (1 TO 7) |
|---|---|
| Attitudes | |
| • For me, being “a comprehensive family physician” will be … | Not enjoyable to enjoyable |
| • For me, being “a comprehensive family physician” will be … | Unburdensome to burdensome |
| • For me, being “a comprehensive family physician” will be … | Unimportant to important |
| • For me, being “a comprehensive family physician” will be … | Uninteresting to interesting |
| • For me, being “a comprehensive family physician” will be … | Unrewarding to rewarding |
| • For me, being “a comprehensive family physician” will be … | Bad to good |
| Perceived behavioural control | |
| • How confident are you that you will be “a comprehensive family physician”? | Unconfident to confident |
| • For me, becoming “a comprehensive family physician” will be … | Difficult to easy |
| • If I wanted to, I could easily become “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |
| • The current Canadian health care system enables me to become “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |
| • I am confident that I can become “a comprehensive family physician” within the current Canadian health care system | Disagree to agree |
| • How much control do you believe you have in becoming “a comprehensive family physician”? | Lack of control to complete control |
| • It is completely up to me whether or not I will become “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |
| • It is beyond my control whether or not I will become “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |
| Subjective norms | |
| • My family and friends think that it is important that I become “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |
| • My peer group thinks that it is important that I become “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |
| • My [former] supervisor(s) think that it is important that I become “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |
| Intentions | |
| • It is my intention to become “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |
| • My primary goal is to become “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |
| • I am working toward becoming “a comprehensive family physician” | Disagree to agree |