Influences on intentions for obstetric practice among family physicians and residents in Canada: an explorative qualitative inquiry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many family medicine residency graduates indicate a desire to provide obstetric care, but a low proportion of family physicians (FPs) provide obstetric care within their practice. This suggests personal preference alone may not account for the low proportion of FPs who ultimately provide full obstetric care. If decisionmakers plan to augment the number of FPs providing obstetric care, barriers to the provision of such care must first be identified. Within this paper, we explore the perspectives of both family practice residents and early-career FPs on the factors that shaped their decision to provide obstetric care.

Methods

In this qualitative study, we analyzed a subset of interview data from three Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia (n

SUBMITTER: Marshall EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675232 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature