Family medicine
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Comparative Study
A comparison of primary care graduates from schools with increasing production of family physicians to those from schools with decreasing production.
This study investigated factors related to declining interest in family medicine by US medical school graduates. ⋯ Schools that want to increase their production of family physicians should consider admissions policies that select students inclined toward family medicine and rural practice, should adopt a curriculum that maximizes clinical training with family physicians and other primary care physicians, and should ensure that their family medicine faculty are perceived as competent role models.