Between 1979 and 1988, 139 family physicians had completed residency training in family practice residencies in Korea. The primary purpose of this study was to measure the adequacy of the residency-training program through the follow-up of graduates.
Eighty-nine’ (70.1%) of the graduates except immigrants and unidentified graduates responded to the survey. Of the 139 graduates, 41(29.5%) are in private practice and 44(31.7%) are employed in general hospital etc.
In evaluation of preparation for practice, the graduates were asked to select responses of under prepared, adequately prepared, or over prepared for 61 subject areas involving medical and surgical specialties, practice management, and family and community medicine issues. The deficiency areas were sports medicine (94.4%), occupational medicine (89.9%) school medicine (89.9%) plastic surgery (87.6%) geriatric medicine (84.3%). The adequately prepared areas were gastroenterology (89.9%), infection (86.5%) use of common drugs (85.4%) acute childhood illness (84.3%).
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