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Tables
- Table 1:
Characteristics of family medicine residents exiting training programs in 2016 and 2017 who responded to the Family Medicine Longitudinal Survey, by region
Characteristic No. (%) of respondents p value* Total
n = 1680Ontario
n = 561Western Canada
n = 663Atlantic Canada
n = 68Quebec
n = 388Sex/gender < 0.001 Male 619 (37.6) 177 (31.9) 291 (45.3) 23 (35.4) 128 (33.7) Female 1027 (62.4) 378 (68.1) 355 (54.7) 42 (64.6) 252 (66.3) Location of MD training < 0.001 Canada 1386 (85.6) 477 (95.2) 523 (78.9) 59 (86.8) 327 (84.5) International 233 (14.4) 24 (4.8) 140 (21.1) 9 (13.2) 60 (15.5) Age, yr < 0.001 < 30 931 (58.6) 410 (73.3) 318 (48.3) 28 (42.4) 175 (57.0) 30–34 433 (27.2) 80 (14.3) 222 (33.7) 24 (36.4) 107 (34.9) ≥ 35 226 (14.2) 69 (12.3) 118 (17.9) 14 (21.2) 25 (8.1) Time since completion of MD training, yr < 0.001 2 1325 (79.1) 470 (83.8) 489 (74.0) 56 (82.4) 310 (80.3) 3 145 (8.7) 28 (5.0) 67 (10.1) 8 (11.8) 42 (10.9) ≥ 4 206 (12.3) 63 (11.2) 105 (15.9) 4 (5.9) 34 (8.8) Childhood environment < 0.001 Inner city, urban or suburban 1051 (63.0) 317 (56.5) 428 (64.9) 30 (47.6) 276 (71.7) Small town 280 (16.8) 107 (19.1) 93 (14.1) 15 (23.8) 65 (16.9) Rural, remote or isolated 234 (14.0) 92 (16.4) 96 (14.6) 15 (23.8) 31 (8.1) Mixed 103 (6.2) 45 (8.0) 42 (6.4) 3 (4.8) 13 (3.4) Note: The following numbers of residents offered no response or preferred not to answer certain questions: 34 for sex/gender, 61 for place of MD training, 90 for age, 4 for time since completion of MD training and 12 for childhood environment.
↵* Calculated with χ2 test.
- Table 2:
Practice intentions of family medicine residents exiting residencies in 2016 and 2017 who responded to the Family Medicine Longitudinal Survey, by region
Intention No. (%) of respondents p value* Total Ontario Western Canada Atlantic Canada Quebec Comprehensive care and confidence in current ability Residents reporting that it was somewhat or highly likely that they would commit to providing comprehensive care to the same group of patients in their first 3 years of practice (Q17, n = 1652) 1095 (66.3) 474 (85.1) 401 (61.2) 27 (40.3) 193 (51.7) < 0.001 Residents reporting that they agreed or strongly agreed with this statement: “I am confident in my current ability to provide comprehensive care to the same group of patients over time.” (Q19, n = 1658) 1529 (92.2) 509 (91.2) 609 (93.4) 55 (82.1) 356 (93.4) 0.006 Residents reporting it was somewhat or highly likely they would practise in the following organizational models Comprehensive care delivered in 1 clinical setting (e.g., office based) (Q16a, n = 1659) 1019 (61.4) 320 (57.5) 416 (63.7) 32 (47.8) 251 (65.7) 0.004 Comprehensive care provided across multiple clinical settings (in-hospital, long-term care, office) (Q16b, 1661) 1261 (75.9) 437 (78.0) 504 (77.2) 56 (83.6) 264 (69.3) 0.004 Comprehensive care that includes a special interest (sports medicine, emergency medicine, palliative care, etc.) (Q16c, n = 1661) 1122 (67.6) 372 (66.6) 451 (69.1) 49 (73.1) 250 (65.5) 0.4 Practice focused only on specific clinical areas (e.g., sports medicine, maternity care, emergency medicine, palliative care, hospital medicine) (Q16d, n = 1658) 522 (31.5) 225 (40.3) 179 (27.5) 18 (26.9) 100 (26.3) < 0.001 Solo practice (Q15a, n = 1645) 126 (7.7) 25 (4.6) 59 (9.1) 8 (12.1) 34 (9.0) 0.007 Group physician practice (Q15b, n = 1658) 1556 (93.8) 536 (96.2) 615 (94.0) 60 (90.9) 345 (90.6) 0.003 Interprofessional team-based practice (Q15c, n = 1656) 1459 (88.1) 520 (93.7) 561 (85.9) 59 (89.4) 319 (83.5) < 0.001 Practice that includes teaching health profession learners (Q15d, n = 1652) 1293 (78.3) 370 (66.9) 566 (86.8) 53 (79.1) 304 (80.0) < 0.001 Residents reporting it was somewhat or highly likely they would provide care in the following clinical domains in their first 3 years of practice Care across the life cycle (Q21a, n = 1658) 1506 (90.8) 515 (92.1) 594 (91.0) 56 (83.6) 341 (90.0) 0.1 Intrapartum care (Q21b, n = 1654) 623 (37.7) 174 (31.2) 276 (42.5) 28 (41.8) 145 (38.3) 0.001 Mental health care (Q21c, n = 1654) 1467 (88.7) 484 (86.7) 587 (90.3) 60 (89.6) 336 (88.7) 0.3 Chronic disease management (Q21d, n = 1650) 1541 (93.4) 513 (92.1) 618 (94.8) 59 (90.8) 351 (93.4) 0.2 Palliative care, end-of-life care (Q21e, n = 1653) 1060 (64.1) 276 (49.6) 483 (74.1) 48 (72.7) 253 (66.8) < 0.001 Office-based clinical procedures (Q21f, n = 1649) 1382 (83.8) 435 (78.4) 585 (90.0) 52 (78.8) 310 (82.0) < 0.001 In-hospital clinical procedures (e.g., chest tube insertion, adult lumbar puncture, nasogastric tube insertion) (Q21g, n = 1655) 646 (39.0) 193 (34.6) 296 (45.5) 24 (35.8) 133 (35.1) < 0.001 Residents reporting it was somewhat or highly likely they would provide care in the following practice settings or to the following populations in their first 3 years of practice In emergency departments (Q21h, n = 1656) 693 (41.8) 194 (34.8) 324 (49.7) 32 (47.8) 143 (37.7) < 0.001 In hospital (Q21i, n = 1653) 983 (59.5) 315 (56.7) 430 (66.0) 49 (74.2) 189 (49.9) < 0.001 In the home (Q21j, n = 1654) 695 (42.0) 176 (31.6) 298 (45.8) 35 (52.2) 186 (49.1) < 0.001 In long-term care facilities (Q21k, n = 1655) 678 (41.0) 169 (30.3) 344 (52.8) 27 (40.3) 138 (36.4) < 0.001 Marginalized, disadvantaged and vulnerable populations (Q21l, n = 1652) 873 (52.8) 177 (31.9) 449 (69.0) 43 (64.2) 204 (53.8) < 0.001 Rural populations (Q21m, n = 1577) 852 (54.0) 252 (45.2) 383 (58.7) 46 (68.7) 171 (57.2) < 0.001 Elderly populations (Q21n, n = 1576) 1425 (90.4) 480 (86.0) 607 (93.0) 62 (92.5) 276 (92.6) < 0.001 First Nations, Inuit and Métis (Q21o, n = 1656) 694 (41.9) 121 (21.7) 422 (64.6) 22 (32.8) 129 (34.0) < 0.001 ↵* Calculated with χ2 test.