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The research was undertaken to examine the supply of physicians in rural practice in British Columbia and related problems of recruitment and retention. Practice location decisions of British Columbia physicians and the professional, community, and personal/family factors related to these were the focus for analysis. In order to estimate future supply, those currently completing internships/residencies were also surveyed. The intent of this survey was to describe current post-graduate physicians and their career plans. Thus the two surveys would allow a comparison of the practice profiles of current supply and the career expectations of future supply. The identification, from these profiles, of key characteristics pertaining to long-term rural practice could, therefore, facilitate successful recruitment, beginning at the residency level. Spouses of practising physicians also were surveyed, in recognition of the role that spouses and families play in influencing practice location decisions. |
