Journal of medical education
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An attempt was made to determine the extent to which physicians trained and certified in family medicine are involved in emergency medicine. An 18-item, self-report questionnaire was mailed to 73 graduates of a family practice residency program to obtain information on their practices, their professional and emergency medicine experiences, and their attitudes toward the practice of emergency medicine by family practitioners. ⋯ Supplemental income was cited the most often as a reason for becoming involved in emergency medicine. Only variables related to the physicians' attitudes discriminated between those who were practicing emergency medicine and those who were not.