Family Medicine Resident Results
The following questionnaire was presented to and completed by second year Family Medicine Residents in Canada in 2007. Please review the questionnaire and use your cursor to click on those questions for which you wish to view results.
Demographics for Family Medicine Residents
Please complete this questionnaire if you are in your SECOND year of a Medical Residency Program at a Canadian University.
If you are in your second year of a medical residency program at a Canadian university, please indicate the category that best applies to you. |
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| 1. Your year of birth: 19 __ __ |
2. Sex: male ☐ female ☐
3. Marital status:
☐Married/living with partner ☐Single ☐Separated ☐ Divorced ☐ Widowed
Please specify the profession of your spouse/partner: __________________________
4.a) Do you have children? ☐ No ☐ Yes - Age of the youngest? ______ years
4.b) Are you or your partner currently expecting a child? ☐ Yes ☐ No
5. Select the ONE statement which best describes the environment in which you grew up
prior to university.
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6. In which province(s) or territories did you grow up prior to going to university?
Check ALL that apply.
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NT YT NU Outside of
Canada
7. Are you... ? Please check ALL that apply.
☐ Caucasian
☐ Aboriginal (e.g., status, non-status, Métis, Inuit)
☐ Chinese
☐ South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.)
☐ Black
☐ Filipino
☐ Latin American
☐ Southeast Asian (e.g., Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Vietnamese, etc.)
☐ Arab
☐ West Asian (e.g., Afghan, Iranian, etc.)
☐ Japanese
☐ Korean
☐ Other ____________
☐ I prefer not to provide this information
8. Were you born in Canada?
☐ Yes
☐ No. Please indicate your status in Canada.
☐ Canadian citizen
☐ Permanent resident (landed immigrant)
☐ Other _____________
9. How many years of POST-SECONDARY education did you complete before beginning medical school? (Quebec students: Please do not include CEGEP).
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >10
☐ None
☐ Diplome d’étude collegial (CEGEP)
☐ Bachelor’s
☐ Master’s Please specify field/discipline: __________________________
☐ Doctorate Please specify field/discipline: __________________________
☐ Other ________________________________________
11.a) What year were you awarded your M.D. degree? ☐☐☐☐
11. b) At which university were you awarded your M.D. degree?
☐ University of British Columbia
☐ University of Calgary
☐ University of Alberta
☐ University of Saskatchewan
☐ University of Manitoba
☐ University of Western Ontario
☐ McMaster University
☐ University of Toronto
☐ University of Ottawa
☐ Queen’s University
☐ Université de Sherbrooke
☐ Université de Montréal
☐ McGill University
☐ Université Laval
☐ Dalhousie University
☐ Memorial University
☐ Other, please specify country____________________________________________
12.a) At which university are you currently registered for your residency medical training?
☐ University of British Columbia
☐ University of Calgary
☐ University of Alberta
☐ University of Saskatchewan
☐ University of Manitoba
☐ University of Western Ontario
☐ McMaster University
☐ University of Toronto
☐ University of Ottawa
☐ Queen’s University
☐ Université de Sherbrooke
☐ Université de Montréal
☐ McGill University
☐ Université Laval
☐ Dalhousie University
☐ Memorial University
☐ Northern Ontario School of Medicine
12.b) Please indicate the site of your residency training program (hospital or clinic, municipality, province). ____________________________________________________________________________
Rural hospital _________% |
Small/community hospital _____% |
Large teaching hospital _________% |
Community office practice _____% |
Office practice in hospital _________% |
Other ______________________% |
13. Considering all of the areas in medicine, what led you to select family medicine?
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Intellectual stimulation/challenge |
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Earning potential |
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Doctor-patient relationship |
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Research opportunities |
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Workload flexibility and/or predictability |
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Teaching opportunities |
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Influence of a mentor |
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Ability to pursue non-work related interests |
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Influence of my family |
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Availability of training opportunities |
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Prestige |
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Other _____________ |
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15. For the following experiences within your residency training, please indicate:
- if the specific category of training is/was available to you (Please check all that apply);
- if you feel the training has adequately prepared you for future practice in this area;
- if, in your opinion, the specific category of training should be a mandatory component of your family medicine residency curriculum.
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Family Medicine rotations |
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Evidence-based medicine |
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Family practice management |
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Internal medicine |
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Minor surgery |
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Office procedures |
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Orthopedics |
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A wide range of common problems in patients in the community |
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Less common, but life threatening and treatable emergencies in patients in all age groups |
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16.b) What areas of training are you lacking? (e.g. a specific procedural skill, newborn care, long-term care, hospitalized care of adults or children, behavioural/psychiatric issues in adults or children, chronic illness, etc.). Please specify: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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18.a) Do you intend to continue your residency by undertaking a fellowship position?
☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
18.b) Do you intend to continue your residency by undertaking a third year training position?
☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
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| Care of the elderly | ☐ |
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| Other enhanced skills programs (Please specify) ______ | ☐ |
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C. Future Practice/Work Setting(s) Profile
19. Over the next 2-3 years, once you complete your family medicine residency training, do you plan to: Check ALL that apply.
a) Practice as a family physician (general practitioner)? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
b) Practice as a locum tenens? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
b)i) Indicate your reasons for wanting to practice as a locum tenens. Check ALL that apply.
☐ Financial reasons ☐ To assess potential future practice location ☐ Clinical variety
☐ Filling a service need ☐ Flexibility/ability to set own schedule
☐ Other, specify _________________________________
b)ii) For which patient population(s) do you intend to provide locum tenens care? Check ALL that apply.
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c) Buy/ set up your own practice? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
d) Practice in a hospital setting? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
e) Practice within the same province in which you are currently training?
☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
f) Practice in another province or territory in Canada?
☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet If yes, please specify province or territory: __________
g) Leave Canada to practice in another country? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
h) Take a maternity or paternity leave? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
i) Take a temporary leave of absence for reasons other than maternity or paternity?
☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
j) Specialize within an area of family medicine?
☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet If yes, please specify: ____________
k) Seek an administrative (non patient care) position? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
l) Apply for (a) hospital appointment(s)? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
m) Apply for (a) faculty appointment(s)? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
n) Provide patient care? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
o) Take on-call responsibilities? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don’t know yet
20.a) Are you being actively recruited for a practice location? ☐Yes ☐No
20.b) Where are the recruiters from?
☐ Other province or territory within Canada
☐ Other community within the province
☐ Your own community
☐ Canadian Forces Health Services
☐ USA
☐ Other ________________________________________
D. Future Practice/ Work Profile
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22. Please indicate the languages that you could comfortably speak with your future patients.
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French |
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Other(s) ____________________ |
23. How do you intend to organize your practice?
Note that a solo or group practice could also include a nurse who does not have her/his own caseload.
☐ Solo practice
☐ Group practice
☐ Interprofessional practice (physician(s) and other health professional(s) who have their own caseloads)
☐ Other _______________________________________
☐ Don’t know yet
☐ N/A – Do not intend to set up or join a practice
24. With which of the following types of health care providers have you collaborated during your residency? In your future practice, do you plan to collaborate with these types of health care providers in providing patient care? Please check ALL that apply.
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During my residency I have collaborated with the following in providing patient care |
In my future practice I plan to collaborate with the following in providing patient care |
Family physicians |
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Psychiatric specialists |
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Pediatric specialists |
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Obstetrical/gynecological specialists |
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Internal specialists |
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Surgical specialists |
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Nurse practitioners |
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Psychiatric nurses |
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Other nurses (RN, LPN, RPN) |
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Physician assistants |
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Dietitians/nutritionists |
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Occupational therapists |
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Physiotherapists |
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Chiropractors |
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Psychologists |
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Mental health counselors |
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Addiction counselors |
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Social workers |
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Pharmacists |
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Midwives |
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Speech-language pathologists |
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Chiropodists |
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Complementary/alternative medicine providers (e.g. acupuncturists, homeopaths) |
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Other |
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25. Please indicate if you feel adequately trained to practice in the following areas. Which of these areas do you intend to include as part of your practice? Please check ALL that apply.
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Non-urgent health care |
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Acute health care |
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Emergency medicine |
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Alternative/complementary medicine |
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Anesthesia |
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Community medicine/public health services/health promotion |
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Cosmetic medicine |
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Dermatology |
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Gynecology |
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Liaison to home care |
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Hospitalist care (most responsible physician for patients in hospital to whom you do not provide care post hospital discharge) |
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Housecalls |
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Infectious disease care |
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Intrapartum care |
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Legal/ medico-legal consultations |
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Mental health care |
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Nutritional counseling |
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Obstetrical care |
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Occupational/ industrial medicine |
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Pain management |
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Palliative care |
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Psychotherapy/ counseling |
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Rehabilitation medicine |
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Sports medicine |
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Substance abuse care |
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Surgery |
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Surgical assisting |
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Travel/ tropical medicine |
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Well child care |
26. Please indicate if you feel adequately trained to provide health care for the following patient populations, and if you intend to do so. Please check ALL that apply.
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Neonates (<1 month) |
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Infants (1-12 months) |
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Children (1-11 years) |
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Adolescents (12-19 years) |
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Women |
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Pregnant women |
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Men |
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Seniors (65+ years) |
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Patients with respiratory problems |
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Patients with hypertension |
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Patients with diabetes |
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Patients with heart disease/conditions |
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Patients with chronic mental illness |
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Patients with obesity |
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Patients with cancer |
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Patients with HIV/AIDS |
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Patients with addictions |
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Patients with permanent physical disabilities |
27.a) Which of the following procedures do you already feel adequately trained to perform, and which do you plan to perform as part of your future practice. Check ALL that apply.
Integumentary Procedures |
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Incising and draining abscesses |
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Inserting sutures/repairing lacerations |
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Cryotherapy of skin lesions |
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Excising dermal lesions |
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Scraping skin for fungus determination |
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Using Wood’s lamp |
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Releasing subungual hematoma |
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