Background Effective mentorship is an important component of medical education with
benefits to all stakeholders. In recent years, conceptualization of mentorship has gone …

Objective Synthesise evidence about the impact of family medicine/general practice (FM)
clerkships on undergraduate medical students, teaching general/family practitioners (FPs) …

Purpose Research on professional identity formation has largely ignored how race, ethnicity,
and the larger sociohistorical context work to shape medical students' professional identity …

Background Medical schools can contribute to the insufficient primary care physician
workforce by influencing students' career preferences. Primary care career choice evolves …

Role modelling has been identified as an important phenomenon in medical education. Key
reports have highlighted the ability of role modelling to support medical students towards …

The physician shortage in Canada is multifactorial. It is important to identify potential factors
and policies contributing to the problem. An extensive literature review to retrieve primary …

Context Case study research (CSR) is a research approach that guides holistic investigation
of a real phenomenon. This approach may be useful in medical education to provide critical …

Background Mentoring's success in nurturing professional identity formation (PIF) has been
attributed to its ability to build personalised and enduring mentoring relationships. However …

Many high-and middle-income countries face challenges in developing and maintaining a
health workforce which can address changing population health needs. They have …

Background Switzerland is facing an impending primary care workforce crisis since almost
half of all primary care physicians are expected to retire in the next decade. Only a minority …