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; M Ruth Lavergne

doi:10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0158

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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

Anneka Sheppard

1 Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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Amanda Gormley

1 Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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Lauren Mills

1 Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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Madeleine McKay

2 Department of Health and Wellness, Government of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada

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Fiona Bergin

3 Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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Roetka Gradstein

3 Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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Catherine Moravac

4 Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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Ian Scott

5 Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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M Ruth Lavergne

4 Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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Anneka Sheppard, Amanda Gormley, Lauren Mills, Madeleine McKay, Fiona Bergin, Roetka Gradstein, Catherine Moravac, Ian Scott, M Ruth Lavergne

BJGP Open 2025; 9 (3): BJGPO.2024.0158. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0158

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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, M Ruth Lavergne

BJGP Open 2025; 9 (3): BJGPO.2024.0158. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0158

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