Kyle Eggleton, Jonathan Watts-Henwood, Felicity Goodyear-Smith
Development of a rural strategy for an urban-based medical program: a pragmatic reality
Rural and remote health
highperforming primary care recognised foundation effective efficient healthcare system many medical graduates report prepared independent practice date research conducted identify key capabilities competencies highperforming family medicine graduates canada pilot project aims identify capabilities competencies highperforming earlycareer family physicians ontario canada explore opportunities enhancing learning teaching assessment within family medicine residency programmes employing mixedmethods explanatory sequential study design research use theorydriven professional capability framework previously validated studies across nine professions guide investigation first quantitative phase involves surveying 50 highperforming earlycareer family physicians identified high performing educators colleagues leaders objective survey identify key competencies personal interpersonal cognitive capabilities highperforming family physicians second qualitative phase involves conducting workshops stakeholders including educators professional associations regulators colleges test veracity results quantitative data analysed using descriptive statistics qualitative data analysed using braun clarkes thematic analysis first second phases identify key capabilities competencies required confidently adapt independent practice comprehensive family medicine inform fitforpurpose educational strategies teaching learning assessment study approved university torontos health sciences research ethics board 41799 research findings discussed professional bodies educators responsible family medicine curricula universities study findings also disseminated academic conferences academic publications peerreviewed journals project summaries infographics developed disseminated key stakeholders