Residents' views about family medicine specialty education in Turkey

UZUNER A., TOPSEVER F. P., ÜNLÜOĞLU İ., ÇAYLAN A., Dagdeviren N., UNCU Y., ...More

BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION, vol.10, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-29
  • Journal Name: BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Residents are one of the key stakeholders of specialty training. The Turkish Board of Family Medicine wanted to pursue a realistic and structured approach in the design of the specialty training programme. This approach required the development of a needs-based core curriculum built on evidence obtained from residents about their needs for specialty training and their needs in the current infrastructure. The aim of this study was to obtain evidence on residents' opinions and views about Family Medicine specialty training.