Family medicine
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Self-directed learning (SDL) skills are thought to be associated with lifelong learning. This study assessed the degree of readiness for SDL in third-year medical students who participated in a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum during thefirst 2 years of medical school. ⋯ Students in our integrated medical curriculum had scores on the SDLRS that correlated with clinical performance and probably represented a readiness for SDL.
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This paper describes the state and nature of community medicine training in family practice residency programs. ⋯ Community medicine is valued in residency curricula, but there is limited uniformity in curricular content and methods. Active and structured education modalities might be more likely to result in competency in community medicine.
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Health economics continues to be an important issue, and past studies in the United States and Europe have found that physicians and physicians in training have a limited understanding of medical care costs. No medical care cost-awareness studies have been done in Canada. In this study, the costs of 46 commonly used diagnostic tests and therapeutics were determined, and family practice residents' awareness of these costs was assessed. ⋯ Resident physicians in British Columbia, Canada have limited awareness of medical care costs.
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Comparative Study
Rural-urban and gender differences in procedures performed by family practice residency graduates.
We compared the types of procedures performed and obstetrical care provided by family practice residency graduates, by practice location and physician gender ⋯ The procedural and obstetrical care pattern of practice differs between family practice graduates in rural and urban areas, as well as between male andfemale graduates. Family practice residency programs should consider additional training in procedural skills for those planning to practice in rural areas, as well as encourage females to become skilled at performing procedures relevant to family practice.