Table 3.
The importance of family medicine’s contributions to other areas of preparation
| Contribution |
Score (*) |
Importance (**) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | % | 95% CI | ||
| Communication/Doctor-patient relationship |
5.3 |
1.0 |
94.6 |
94.0 |
95.2 |
| Clinical attention for the most common problems |
5.1 |
1.0 |
93.7 |
93.0 |
94.4 |
| Disease prevention/Health promotion |
5.0 |
1.0 |
92.1 |
91.4 |
92.8 |
| Health care across the lifespan |
4.9 |
1.0 |
91.0 |
90.2 |
91.8 |
| Family-focused health care |
4.7 |
1.0 |
88.2 |
87.3 |
89.1 |
| Biopsychosocial focus of health care |
4.6 |
1.1 |
84.3 |
83.3 |
85.3 |
| Community-focused health care |
4.6 |
1.1 |
86.7 |
85.8 |
87.6 |
| Collaboration with other sectors (education, social services or other) |
4.5 |
1.2 |
80.1 |
79.0 |
81.2 |
| Bioethics |
4.2 |
1.3 |
70.4 |
69.1 |
71.7 |
| Clinical epidemiology |
4.1 |
1.2 |
68.5 |
67.2 |
69.8 |
| Team work |
4.1 |
1.3 |
66.5 |
65.2 |
67.8 |
| Urgent care |
4.0 |
1.5 |
62.9 |
61.6 |
64.2 |
| Research | 3.0 | 1.4 | 34.1 | 32.8 | 35.4 |
SD: Standard deviation; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.
(*) Score on a Likert scale from 1 to 6 points.
(**) Score equal to or greater than 4.