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Family Physician Shortage - Coggle Diagram
Family Physician Shortage
Causes
Workforce Age
FPs are aged one of the highest amongst other occupations and are retiring at fast rates.
Limited Medical School Seats
Limited positions limit the number of new FPs trainees
International Medical Graduate (IMG) Barriers
IMGs are faced with barriers making it difficult to come back and practice in Canada
Reduced Interest
Due to relatively lower compensation and overall dissatisfaction as a family physician, medical students are choosing other specialties
Burnout
Due to relatively lower government funding into public health
Increases administrative burden and costs as a FP
Leads to less time seeing patients
Consequences
Increased Health Care Burden
Increased Costs
Health facilities are required to increase expenditure to accommodate worsened patient health outcomes
Increased Patient Wait Times
Leads to increased patient physical and emotional health burdens
Emergency Department Burden
Lack of primary care providers force patients to attend emergency departments for low-grade concerns
Increased patient wait times
Worse patient health outcomes
Rural Region Strain
Less FPs in rural regions
Critical Thinking
Interpretation
Understanding the meaning and significance of data and events
Ask Relevant Questions
Sparks interest and analysis
Analysis
Identifying relationships among concepts, information and opinions by examining ideas, detecting arguments and evaluating evidence
Evaluation
Analyzing the credibility of claims and assessing the quality of arguments
Inference
Drawing reasonable conclusions and identifying any consequences from the analyzed data
Self-Regulation
Self-consciously monitoring one’s own cognitive activities and evaluation of one’s own inferential judgements which includes being aware of one’s own biases and self-interests
Philosophical Principles
Solutions
Increase Availability
Increased medical school seats
Higher chance of increased family medicine trainees
Increased FPs
Reduce IMGs barriers
Reduce Burdens
Reduce extra administrative work and costs
Increase Practice of other PCPs
Allow NPs and pharmacists to help manage, treat, and prescribe medications
Increase Rural Setting Exposure
Increase rural training in medical school
Increased FP presence in rural communities
Encourage work and volunteer in rural regions