What do they contribute? Family medicine residents who practise in cities.
OBJECTIVE
To determine how a cohort of family practice residents graduating between 1990 and 1997 was serving the needs of urban populations in British Columbia.


METHODS
Survey using mailed questionnaire.


METHODS
British Columbia.


METHODS
All graduates of the British Columbia family practice residency program between 1990 and 1997.


METHODS
Graduates who were currently practising as family physicians and providing medical care to urban and inner-city populations of more than 100 000, sex, practice profiles, and a comparison with Janus Project data for British Columbia.


RESULTS
Of 287 graduates surveyed, 206 responded (71.8%). Less than half (86) identified themselves as practising in urban settings; 61 of those were practising as family physicians. These physicians offered a range of primary care services; many offered inpatient and obstetric care. In addition, many were offering care to disadvantaged inner-city populations with unique and challenging medical problems.


CONCLUSIONS
Recent graduates in family medicine practising in urban and inner-city areas are offering full-service primary care and are not abandoning it for more episodic high-volume medical practice.
Bates
Joanna
J
St Paul's Hospital, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Andrew
Rodney
R
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