title: Residents' perceptions of patient management and the value placed on family medicine: Quebec perspective.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To document the perceptions that family medicine residents have of patient management.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bilingual, quantitative questionnaire consisting of 10 questions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quebec.
  
  
  METHODS
  All (n = 747) family medicine residents in Quebec.
  
  
  METHODS
  The questionnaire was designed to capture residents' perceptions of patient management, their plans to incorporate patient management into their practice, and how they thought this aspect of family medicine practice should be promoted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all, 289 residents (38.7%) completed the questionnaire. Of these, 201 reported that they planned to accept patients during their first 5 years of practice. The most common inhibiting factors were the difficulty of taking time off, complex cases, and the responsibilities that come with continuity of care. Neither Quebec's regional medical staffing plans nor its specific medical activities emerged as important inhibiting factors. Respondents indicated that raising the profile of family medicine could be achieved by promoting it to medical students, changing the institutional culture, and increasing the visibility of family medicine residents and supervisors on the teams working in training settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Quebec residents plan to include patient management in their practices. However, solutions must be found for the heavy burden of responsibility that comes with an office practice and for continuing to make patient management appealing to young family physicians.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Pedagogical Affairs Committee of the Fédération des médecins résidents du Québec, 630, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, bureau 510, Montréal, QC H3A 1E7.
authors.forename: Marie-Renée
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: B-Lajoie
authors.forename: Johanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrier
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011792:Quebec; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires