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Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice

2023

AUTHOR(S)
Pollack, Samantha W
Andrilla, C Holly A
Peterson, Lars E
Morgan, Zachary J
Longenecker, Randall
Schmitz, David F
Evans, David V
Patterson, Davis G
TOPIC(S)
Education & Training
What Family Physicians Do
KEYWORD(S)
Graduate Medical Education
Rural
SOURCE
Family Medicine

Little is known about how rural and urban family medicine residencies compare in preparing physicians for practice. This study compared the perceptions of preparation for practice and actual postgraduation scope of practice (SOP) between rural and urban residency program graduates.

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