1Methods: We conducted a before-and-after study at an outpatient family medicine practice.
2Clinical exposure was critical for demonstrating the positive aspects of family medicine.
3Setting: Three Rhode Island family practices and a South Carolina family medicine residency.
4Purpose: Patient-centered care is widely acknowledged as a core value in family medicine.
5Commonly visited were family medicine, general medicine, orthopedics, and psychiatry departments.
6The group was held biweekly in the family medicine practice with rolling enrollment.
7Many positive and negative aspects of family medicine were reported during the preclinical period.
8Setting: Outpatient center of an academic family medicine residency program.
9She pointed to the family medicine- aboxof which stood always by her bedside.
10PMID: 26382118 Collaborating with patients, families , and communities is a core principle of family medicine.
11Conclusion: This study provides a qualitative understanding of why students choose careers in family medicine.
12We recommend family medicine programs to regularly carry out such surveys for continuous quality improvement.
13Participants: Fourteen directors of family medicine programs across Canada.
14Faculty evaluation in family medicine teaching units and community-based settings has not been well studied.
15The current state of faculty evaluation at three Canadian family medicine department has also been surveyed.
16Design and setting: Cross-sectional study of a cohort of HF patients attended at family medicine centres.
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