Table 2. Subscale and Subdomain Questionnaire Items Used for this Analysis From the Family Medicine Attitudes Questionnaire.

FMAQ Subscale	Questionnaire Item
Relationships	To give good care, it is important to consider each patient in the context of his or her family. Knowledge of family interactions is important in treating individual patients. Knowledge of patients’ personal background is almost always helpful.
Competence and Expertise	Family physicians have the expertise to deal in-depth with patient problems. Family medicine requires knowledge that a subspecialist practice may not. Family physicians’ work is complex and interesting. Family physicians are particularly capable at providing comprehensive care.
Lifestyle	Enjoying work: family physicians enjoy their work. Compensation: family medicine provides a physician with enough income to live well.
Research	Research to improve health happens very often in primary care settings. Most important medical research is conducted by subspecialists. Research-oriented students should probably not consider family medicine careers. Primary care physicians are best able to answer many critical research questions.
Importance	Family physicians provide only a small fraction of all health care delivered in the United States. In the United States people don’t rely on family physicians when they are very sick.
Shortage	The United States has a very serious shortage of primary care physicians. The United States would provide better for its people if more medical students chose primary care. The United States health care system can only work well with family physicians playing an integral part.

Abbreviation: FMAQ, Family Medicine Attitudes Questionnaire (FMAQ).²⁰

Subscale domains are shown with corresponding statements used for student responses.