“I think we would be a lot more comfortable if we reached 40%,” says Dr. Cathy MacLean,
president of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.“Ideally, in Canada, what you want …

The College of Family Physicians of Canada has moved closer to its ultimate goal of having
45% of medical school graduates embrace its specialty, with 38.5% of graduates selecting …

There is a downward trend in Canadian medical students choosing family medicine
residencies. Through the study of graduating medical students from two different universities …

Family physicians are uniquely prepared to meet the medical needs of the American people.
According to the recent Future of Family Medicine study, the care that family physicians are …

This is the 34th national study conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians
(AAFP) that reports retrospectively the percentage of graduates from US MD-granting and …

The results of the 2009 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) reflect a persistently
low level of student interest in family medicine residency training in the United States …

This is the 30th report prepared by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) on
the percentage of each US medical school's graduates entering family medicine residency …

Conolly Oration given by Max Kamien in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. 1 Dr Kamien was a
friend of the late Dr Bass, who had described his first venture into general practice this way …

The 2004 residency match has proved a mixed blessing for family medicine. At the end of
the first round of the match on Mar. 24, 124 family practice slots remained vacant. This …

Students rejecting family medicine are often concerned about lower income as practitioners.
1 These concerns are becoming more acute in the current environment of high tuition and …