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

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: 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

   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...

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   Knowledge of final-year medical students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal about family medicine, and long-term career choices

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Omed Ali --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa AJ Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa TC Nkabinde --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa

   Background: While international experience suggests that well-trained primary care physicians improve the quality and cost effectiveness of health care, family medicine (FM) as the discipline of the specialist primary care physician appears to not be an attractive career for medical...

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   A systematic review of the literature on the specialty preferences of Nigerian medical graduates: disparity between the literature and reality

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: OS Ojo --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria AO Egunjobi --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria AJ Fatusin --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria BO Fatusin --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria AJ Adeyemo --- Family Medicine Department, Nigeria

   Background: The Nigerian literature on the preference for specialties under the West African College of Physicians (WACP) among medical graduates reported a preference for core specialties (Internal Medicine and Paediatrics). This finding is at variance with the number of certified...

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