BACKGROUND Family practice residency programs are based largely on a model
implemented more than 30 years ago. Substantial changes in medical practice, technology …

Background: The structure of family practice residency programs remains essentially
unchanged from the model first proposed more than 35 years ago. Advances in medical …

No one knows for sure how long it takes to train a competent family physician. Family
medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics all require a 3-year residency before board …

METHODS A questionnaire was developed to assess beliefs about the length offamily
practice residencies and was pretested on a small sample of family practice residents and …

T he duration of family medicine residency training in the United States has been 3 years
since the inception of the discipline in 1969. Family medicine training around the world …

Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive, self-administered survey of residency
applicant interviewees at Oregon's three family medicine residency training programs in …

Objective.—To describe demographic and practice characteristics of physicians who
graduated from family practice residency training programs. Design.—Information was …

A full decade has passed since the formation of the American Board of Family Practice in
1969, which led to the development of formally structured three-year graduate training …

Abstract Background and Objectives: The feasibility of funding an additional year of
residency training is unknown, as are perspectives of residents regarding related financial …

The number of US medical students entering family medicine continues to decline. Despite
the increased presence of family physicians on medical school faculty and increased …