Where do rural family medicine residents in Canada train?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report on contextual variance in the distributed rural family medicine residency programs of 3 Canadian medical schools.

Design

A constructivist grounded theory methodology was employed.

Setting

Rural and remote postgraduate family medicine programs at the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Calgary.

Participants

Twenty-six family practice residents were interviewed, providing descriptions of 27 different rural sites and 10 regional sites.

Methods

Interviews were audiorecorded, transcribed verbatim, and thematically analyzed.

Main findings

Participants differentiated between main campus academic health science centres; regional referral hub sites; and smaller, rural, and more remote communi

SUBMITTER: Ellaway RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842163 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature