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. 2023 May;69(5):330–336. doi: 10.46747/cfp.6905330

Table 1.

Types of postgraduate family medicine training in various countries and areas

REGION TYPE OF POSTGRADUATE TRAINING NO PROGRAM
North America and Oceania
  • FM residency: Canada, United States

  • FM or GP apprenticeship: Australia (GP), New Zealand (mentored training)

NA
Asia
  • FM residency: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand (GP or FP), Japan, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Laos, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia

  • Master’s program: India, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Myanmar (beginning after the COVID-19 pandemic), Vietnam, Tajikistan (2-year PUST)

  • Diploma: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Singapore, Turkmenistan, Myanmar (beginning after the COVID-19 pandemic)

  • Fellowship: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Singapore (after residency for clinical instructors)

  • Membership: Sri Lanka (requires formal training), Pakistan, Bangladesh (examination only); Thailand requires recertification after 5 years of experience

North Korea, Mongolia, the Maldives, Uzbekistan, Macau (Hope Family Practice Residency Program)
Western Europe
  • FM residency: Portugal, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Malta, United Kingdom (GP), Ireland (GP)

  • Master’s program: Belgium and Cyprus have a 4th-year option after residency

Monaco, Iceland
Eastern Europe and the Balkans
  • FM residency: Moldova, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Armenia, Finland, Slovakia, Croatia, Albania

  • Master’s program: North Macedonia

Georgia, Kosovo, Belarus, Azerbaijan
Middle East and North Africa
  • FM residency: Israel, Lebanon, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Palestine, Jordan, Bahrain, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Libya, Tunisia, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan (a nascent program with INGOs), Iraq (in development)

  • Master’s program: Egypt, Israel, Iran, Sudan (2-year MSc), Tunisia

  • Diploma: Saudi Arabia (2-year), Morocco (3-year), Sudan (1-year), Afghanistan

Algeria, Yemen
Sub-Saharan Africa
  • FM residency: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Somalia, Liberia, Mali, Zambia (in development; has a master’s program), Madagascar (2 years; may not be active), Namibia (in development), Burundi (in development)

  • MMed (4-year specialty program): Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda (3 years), South Africa

Niger, Sierra Leone, Angola, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique (program cancelled)
Non-Hispanic Caribbean
  • FM residency: Haiti, Guyana

  • Master’s program: Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago

  • Diploma: Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Jamaica

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Belize
Latin America
  • FM residency: Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Nicaragua, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Cuba, El Salvador (ministry-based, not university-based), Panama, Puerto Rico

Honduras (in development), Guatemala (3-year master’s program)

FM—family medicine, INGO—international non-governmental organization, NA—not applicable, PUST—postuniversity specialty training.