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More than half of (54.1%) answered "very
low" or "not at all" to the question of any need to the
individuals for cultural background about family physicians specialty
(Table 14).
Table 14: The
cultural background need to the family physicians specialty
The cultural background need to
the specialty of
family physician |
Number |
% |
| Very much |
27 |
7 |
| Fair |
152 |
39 |
| Very low |
182 |
46 |
| Not at all |
29 |
8 |
| Total |
390 |
100 |
In response to the question about the best
ratio of family physicians to each 100,000, no correct explanation was
obtained and the range was 1 to 20000 with a mean of 461 and mode of
100.
Seventy nine percent felt that less than or equal to 100 family
physicians must be trained per 100,000 population (Table 15).
Table 15: The
courses to be included in family physician specialty
The courses to be included in family
physician
curriculum |
Number |
% |
| Internal Medicine, Pediatrics |
10 |
10 |
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics,
Ophthalmology, ENT,
Ob & Gyn,
Psychiatric |
301 |
76 |
Internal Medicine + Pediatrics,
Psychiatric |
76 |
19 |
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics,
Ophthalmology, ENT,
Ob & Gyn,
Psychiatric + Surgery and
Rehabilitation |
7 |
1.8 |
| Total |
394 |
100 |
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Generally, 42% of the individuals
answered for 20-100 and 37% for less than 10 and 79.3% for less than 100
and more than 50% for less than 50 family physicians (Table16).
Table 16: The
number of family physicians to be trained for each 100000 persons
The number of family physicians to
be trained for
each 100,000
people |
Number |
% |
| >10 |
110 |
37 |
| 20-100 |
123 |
42 |
| 100-1000 |
49 |
17 |
| >1000 |
12 |
4 |
| Total |
294 |
100 |
Discussion.
The awareness of the physicians and related medical group about establishing a family physician specialty was acceptable. Regarding our results, the specialty could be effective to evaluate the health status of the population, to provide appropriate referrals and also to help solve the family problems concerning treatment and health issues. The most important problem in this respect was cultural differences which could be solved by mass media and collaboration of subspecialty centers to offer priority to the patients served and referred by family physicians.
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