title: [Role models of residents graduating in family medicine and in different specialties in Quebec].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe and compare the role models of Quebec residents graduating from French-language faculties of family medicine and from medical specialities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey by mail.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quebec residents graduating in family medicine (189), medical specialities (147), and surgical specialities (64) in 1990.
  
  
  METHODS
  Number of models chosen, social, demographic, professional, and personal characteristics of primary role models, role models' influence on students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Role models chosen by family medicine graduates more closely resemble those of their medical speciality colleagues than those of their surgical speciality colleagues. Family medicine graduates, particularly female graduates, have more difficulty choosing models. Their choices are based mainly on qualities that reflect a biopsychosocial approach to care and concern with the community aspects of medical practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Choosing role models is a complex process. Medical faculty in residency programs play an important role in the professional identity of future physicians.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, QC. Luc.Cote@fmed.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Côté
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maheux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beaudoin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D008511:Medicine; D008611:Mentors; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010819:Physician's Role; D011792:Quebec; D013038:Specialization; D013043:Specialties, Surgical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires