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Home Research Research Library Differences in Canadian and US Medical Student Preparation for Family Medicine Differences in Canadian and US Medical Student Preparation for Family Medicine 2016 Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Peabody, Michael R, and Puffer, James C Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Psychometrics, Graduate Medical Education, Undergraduate Medical Education, and In-Training Examination Volume 48(10):770-774 Source Family Medicine BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Despite their similarities, differences exist in the way Canadian and US medical schools prepare students for graduate medical education. The purpose of this study is to use American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) In-Training Examination (ITE) scores as a proxy to determine whether Canadian medical students are better prepared for entry into family medicine training than US medical students. METHODS: We used a cross-sectional study examining the performance of US medical school graduates (USMG [n=7,016]) and international medical school graduates (IMG [n=3,512]) enrolled in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited family medicine residency programs and 508 residents in Canadian family medicine programs who sat for the 2014 ABFM ITE. RESULTS: The PGY-1 Canadian cohort outperformed both the PGY-1 ACGME IMG and USMG cohorts; however, the PGY-3 AC-GME USMG cohort outperformed the PGY-2 Canadian cohort, but there was not a statistically significant difference between the PGY-2 Canadian cohort and the PGY-3 ACGME IMG cohort. CONCLUSIONS: Canadian medical students entering their first year of training in Canadian family medicine residencies performed better on the ABFM ITE than their US counterparts. This effect vanishes by the second year of training. The ability of US programs to successfully prepare their trainees to practice family medicine appears to be independent of the location of medical education as evidenced by the parallel improvement in mean scores for both USMGs and IMGs. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2018 30% of Recent Family Medicine Graduates Report Participation in Loan Repayment Programs Go to 30% of Recent Family Medicine Graduates Report Participation in Loan Repayment Programs 2023 Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice Go to Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice 2017 Uncertainty in Teaching Health Center (THC) Funding: Still Crazy After All These Years Go to Uncertainty in Teaching Health Center (THC) Funding: Still Crazy After All These Years 1970 Generally speaking Go to Generally speaking
Author(s) O’Neill, Thomas R, Peabody, Michael R, and Puffer, James C Topic(s) Education & Training Keyword(s) Psychometrics, Graduate Medical Education, Undergraduate Medical Education, and In-Training Examination Volume 48(10):770-774 Source Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2018 30% of Recent Family Medicine Graduates Report Participation in Loan Repayment Programs Go to 30% of Recent Family Medicine Graduates Report Participation in Loan Repayment Programs 2023 Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice Go to Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice 2017 Uncertainty in Teaching Health Center (THC) Funding: Still Crazy After All These Years Go to Uncertainty in Teaching Health Center (THC) Funding: Still Crazy After All These Years 1970 Generally speaking Go to Generally speaking
2018 30% of Recent Family Medicine Graduates Report Participation in Loan Repayment Programs Go to 30% of Recent Family Medicine Graduates Report Participation in Loan Repayment Programs
2023 Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice Go to Rural Versus Urban Family Medicine Residency Scope of Training and Practice
2017 Uncertainty in Teaching Health Center (THC) Funding: Still Crazy After All These Years Go to Uncertainty in Teaching Health Center (THC) Funding: Still Crazy After All These Years
