Training and Supporting Residents, for All Family Medicine Practice Settings

摘要

To the Editor: Marcus Welby, Dr Quinn, and Doc Martin are fictional family physicians who portray qualities that fit the current role definition1?of the family physician while providing care in different practice settings. In the October 2018 article “Cultivating Country Doctors: Preparing Learners for Rural Life and Community Leadership,” Thach, et al discuss five strategies that training programs can adopt to help them recruit, train, and retain family physicians in rural medicine.2?These are all practical strategies that can be adapted to fit many types of training programs. I believe two of the strategies described should be implemented for the training of all family physicians regardless of the type of practice setting they intend to work in after graduation.