Learners’ experiences of an enhanced surgical skills training program for family physicians

• Published in: Canadian Medical Education Journal
• Main Authors: Jude Kornelsen, Brian Geller, Fred Janke, Stuart Iglesias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Medical Education Journal 2018
• Subjects: family physician with enhanced surgical skills; rural surgery; rural medical education; Education (General); L7-991; Medicine (General); R5-920; Northwest Territories; Canada; British Columbia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.43107; https://doaj.org/article/82f0b35737d740419733fe21da3fcf52

Background: Family Physicians with Enhanced Surgical Skills (FPESS) have sustained rural operative care, including local access to caesarean section, in many communities across rural Canada and internationally. The contemporary role of FPESS within the health system, however, has not been without ch...