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Students / Residents
Medical Students/Residents see Family Medicine as:
- People-focused, self confident, intelligent, and idealistic
- Offering greater personal satisfaction than other specialties
- Providing two key attractions to medical students: freedom and flexibility
Medical Students/Residents also see Family Medicine as:
- Receiving less pay
- Coping with health system interference
- Less prestigious
- Poorly promoted at the medical school level