TY - JOUR
T1 - Choosing primary care? Influences of medical school curricula on career pathways
AU - Tandeter, Howard
AU - Granek-Catarivas, Martine
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In countries in which a primary care-oriented system has developed, general practitioners, family physicians, and other primary care doctors are the keystone of an approach that aims to achieve high quality and satisfaction with relatively low costs. Despite this new trend, medical schools still produce excessive numbers of sub-specialists rather than primary care physicians. Among multiple reasons influencing a career choice either towards or away from primary care (institutional, legislative, and market pressures), the present article discusses ways in which medical school curricula may affect students in their perceptions of the role of primary care physicians. Since students are greatly influenced by the cultures of the institutions in which they train, the negative attitude of a university towards family medicine may negatively affect the number of students going into this specialty. Examples from Israeli faculties are presented.
AB - In countries in which a primary care-oriented system has developed, general practitioners, family physicians, and other primary care doctors are the keystone of an approach that aims to achieve high quality and satisfaction with relatively low costs. Despite this new trend, medical schools still produce excessive numbers of sub-specialists rather than primary care physicians. Among multiple reasons influencing a career choice either towards or away from primary care (institutional, legislative, and market pressures), the present article discusses ways in which medical school curricula may affect students in their perceptions of the role of primary care physicians. Since students are greatly influenced by the cultures of the institutions in which they train, the negative attitude of a university towards family medicine may negatively affect the number of students going into this specialty. Examples from Israeli faculties are presented.
KW - Career choice
KW - Clerkship
KW - Family medicine
KW - General practice
KW - Medical school curriculum
KW - Primary care
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C2 - 11794930
AN - SCOPUS:0035691921
SN - 1565-1088
VL - 3
SP - 969
EP - 972
JO - Israel Medical Association Journal
JF - Israel Medical Association Journal
IS - 12
ER -