Scope of practice of family medicine graduates who completed a rural versus urban program

Prof Douglas Myhre

qualifications: MD

contribution: wrote the first draft, original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts

position: Associate Dean, Distributed Learning and Rural Initiatives

Canada

Dr. Myhre is Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine (CSM), Calgary, Canada. He has successfully designed and implemented rural based medical education programs, both undergrad and postgraduate: the CSM Rural Family Medicine residency program, the University of Calgary Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship, the Distributed Royal College postgraduate initiative and has designed a distributed Physician Assistant curriculum. His research is grounded in social accountability. His passion is fueled by over 30 years of generalist clinical practice. He continues to practice in rural locums.

Ms Olga Szafran

qualifications: MHSA

contribution: designed the project, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Associate Director (Research), Department of Family Medicine

Canada

family physician practice patterns (rural vs urban), family medicine residency training, cultural issues in health care, international medical graduates

A/Prof Shirley Schipper

qualifications: MD

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Vice Dean, Education

Prof James Dickinson

qualifications: PhD

contribution: statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences

A/Prof Fred Janke

qualifications: MD

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry