Medical schools, primary care and family medicine: clerkship directors’ perceptions of the current environment
Male
Canada
Students, Medical
Career Choice
Primary Health Care
4. Education
Clinical Clerkship
United States
3. Good health
Physician Executives
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
Female
Family Practice
Schools, Medical
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
DOI:
10.1093/fampra/cmz015
Publication Date:
2019-04-01T19:11:39Z
AUTHORS (5)
ABSTRACT
The culture at a medical school and the positive experiences in primary care clerkships influence student specialty choice. This choice is significant if demand for physicians to be met. aim of this study was examine family medicine clerkship directors' perceptions environment.Data were collected as part 2015 Council Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance Clerkship Director survey. Questions asked included how directors perceived environment their towards medicine, has changed between 2010 2015, do they take action attitudes whether faculty members other departments make negative comments about medicine.The response rate 79.4%. While most respondents indicated become more majority either very much against, slightly against or indifferent medicine. Nearly one-half (41.4%) notified than once year that member another department made comment Results varied among regions USA schools located Canada.Family often negativity finding may limit effectiveness academic health centres mission better serve community profession.
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