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How gender shapes practice choices among family medicine residents and early career family physicians: a Canadian qualitative study

Anneka Sheppard, Amanda Gormley, Lauren Mills, Madeleine McKay, Fiona Bergin, Roetka Gradstein, Catherine Moravac, Ian Scott and M Ruth Lavergne
BJGP Open 2025; 9 (3): BJGPO.2024.0158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0158
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vol. 9 no. 3 BJGPO.2024.0158
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https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0158
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  • Received June 28, 2024
  • Accepted July 15, 2024
  • Published online October 27, 2025.

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  1. Anneka Sheppard1,
  2. Amanda Gormley1,
  3. Lauren Mills1,
  4. Madeleine McKay2,
  5. Fiona Bergin3,
  6. Roetka Gradstein3,
  7. Catherine Moravac4,
  8. Ian Scott5 and
  9. M Ruth Lavergne4,*
  1. 1 Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  2. 2 Department of Health and Wellness, Government of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada
  3. 3 Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  4. 4 Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  5. 5 Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    M Ruth Lavergne, ruth.lavergne{at}dal.ca
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BJGP Open 2025; 9 (3): BJGPO.2024.0158. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0158
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