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Awareness of family medicine discipline among clinical medical students of Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 59 , issue 5 , 2017 , pages: 160–165

DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2017.1313487

Author(s): Tanko Salihu Tanimu Department of Family Medicine, Kano , Godpower Chinedu Michael Department of Family Medicine, Kano , Aliyu Ibrahim Department of Paediatrics, Kano , Bukar Alhaji Grema Department of Family Medicine, Kano , Abubakar Abiso Mohammed Department of Family Medicine, Kano

Keywords: awareness , family medicine , medical students , specialty preference

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Abstract

Introduction: Undergraduate medical education requires the studying of a wide range of medical specialties to produce the future workforce of the healthcare system. Family medicine (FM), a relatively new specialty in Nigeria, aims at supplying doctors capable of providing comprehensive healthcare for the majority of the population. However, many Nigerian medical schools (Bayero University inclusive) are yet to include FM in their undergraduate curriculum.

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