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Volume 19, Issue 2


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Editorial
A. Abyad (Chief Editor)
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Original contribution

Prevalence of Systolic Heart Failure in Patients with Dementia in Sa udi Arabia: Single-center retrospective data review
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[Abstract]
Mazen Basheikh, Ayman AlQayidi, Mohammed Addas, Mohammed Al-Zanbaqi,
Abdulaziz Abumelha, Mohammed Basheikh
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93975

Astigmatism among children in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: prevalence and associated factors
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[Abstract]
Ahmed Basheikh, Sara Howldar, Mohammed Basendwah, Rasha Baqais,
Motaz Bamakrid, Nizar Alhibshi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93976

Iodine in Table Salt in the Aseer Region, Southwestern Saudi Arabia
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[Abstract]
Ayyub Ali Patel
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93977

Foot care among recently diagnosed diabetic patients in Muhayel, Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia
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[Abstract]
Abdullah A. Hassan, Yahia M. Alkhaldi, Bassam M.K. Mawkili, Bandar A.M. Al-Mudawi, Ayidh A.A. Alasmari
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93978

Minor Head Injury: Quality Improvement Project
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[Abstract]
Shabana Shaheen, Muhammad Hameed, Yousef Essam Hassan Qabeel
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93980

Difficulties and Barriers of Primary Health Care Physicians in Rural Areas of Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia
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[Abstract]
Mastor A.M. Alshahrani, Mohammed A. Alsaleem, Safar A. Alsaleem, Mohammed A. Alfaya, Muhammed A.Y. Alkhairi, Amjad M.H. Alshahrani,
Mohammed H. Alghamdi, Waleed K.S. Qubayl, Ahmed Y. Mushari
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93982

Association between obesity and mental disorders among male secondary school students in Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Predictor based Cross-Sectional Study
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[Abstract]
Mubarak M.A. Alshahrani, Mohammed A. Alsaleem, Safar A. Alsaleem,
Mohammed Al-Masoudi, Eman M. Alshahrani, Abdulrahman M. Alshahrani, Khalid M. Alshehri, Suliman A. Asiri, Ahmed M. Asiri, Ahmed A. Asiri, Ahmed H. Alabdali
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93983

Population and Community Health

Use of eye drops self-medication in Aseer region, Southern Saudi Arabia
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[Abstract]
Abdulrahman Alamri, Razan Asiri, Abdulaziz Alnami, Raneem Hijazi,
Lamya Almobty
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93984

Impact of acne on quality of life among university students
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[Abstract]
Ghadah Mohammad Alasbi, Fatima Riaz, Halimah Nasser Kidwan,
Zanah Abdullah Assiri, Tabinda Ashfaq, Eisa Yazeed Ghazwani,
Razia Aftab Ahmad
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93985

Frequency of Esophageal Carcinoma and Delay in Diagnostic Workup; A Multi-centre Experience from Southern Pakistan
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[Abstract]
Mohsin Javed, Irtiza Ahmed Bhatti, Nazish Jaffar, Ghulam Haider, Zareen Irshad,
Saroona Haroon
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93986

Awareness and Attitudes towards Common Eye Diseases among the General Population of Southern region of Saudi Arabia
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[Abstract]
Waleed A Aldhabaan, Bander Bin Saleh Alsalmy Asiri, AbdulRahman Saad M. Alahmari, Hossien Saad S.Alqahtani, Aeyd Jobran A. AlHashim, Ahmed Saad T Alshahrani
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93987

Perception of food allergy among mothers of allergic children in Southwestern Saudi Arabia
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[Abstract]
Youssef A. Alqahtani, Ayed A. Shati, Ahmad A. Alhanshani, Bayan M. Hanif,
Eman S. Salem, Aljohrah M. Hanif, Ali Alsuheel Asseri
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93988

Insomnia and social network use among secondary school female students in Abha Sector
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[Abstract]
Huda Ali Almusa
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93989

Covid 19

Self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with increased risk of burnout among physician trainees: A cross sectional study
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[Abstract]
Ali Farsi, Soha A Alomar, Mai Kadi, Sara Farsi, Haifa Algethamy, Bashar Reda,
Saud A Bahaidarah, Alya Binmahfouz, Mohammed O Nassif, Ali Samkari,
Majdy M Qutub, Ibrahim Alnoury, Husam Malibary, Abdullah Bakhsh,
Hattan A Aljaaly, Ehab Alsayyed, Nouf Akeel, Waleed Alghamdi,
Abdulaziz Saleem, Nadim Malibary, Omar Baghlaf, Nora Trabulsi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93991

Diagnostic and therapeutic option of Covid-19; A systematic review
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[Abstract]
Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed AlJohani, Taif Jameel Ahmed Tharwat,
Khalid Waleed Mahrous, Rafa Hassan Hashim Alsharif,
Reenad Saeid Farghali Ghunaim, Abdulaziz Ali Alghamdi, Ahmed Abdullah AlJohani, Omar Mohammad Almatrafi, Mernan Mohammed Mahrous,
Abdullah Majid Alharbi, Osama Abdulsalam Alquliti, Yaser Abdulsalam Alqelaiti,
Areej Hesham Al Arabi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93993

Education and Training

Preference of final year medical students towards family medicine as a career choice: A comparative study from Pakistan
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[Abstract]
Tabinda Ashfaq, Faisal Shahzad, Aiesha Ishaq, Sajida Naseem, Fahad Saleem
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93995

Treatment of Hepatitis C with Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir in a Patient with Concurrent Stricturing Crohn's Disease on Adalimumab
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[Abstract]
Almoutaz Hashim
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93996

Review

Primary prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases among the Middle aged and the Elderly
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[Abstract]
Naglaa Mohammed Ahmed Abdelrahim Omer, Wafaa Yousuf, Noof Mansouri
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93997

Management of depression in primary care - A cross-sectional study in the North-East of England, UK
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[Abstract]
Reshma Hegde, Prinul Gunputh, Baxi Sinha DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93998


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February 2021 - Volume 19, Issue 2

Preference of final year medical students towards family medicine as a career choice: A comparative study from Pakistan

Tabinda Ashfaq (1)
Faisal Shahzad (2)
Aiesha Ishaq (3)
Sajida Naseem (4)
Fahad Saleem (5)

(1) Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University, Pakistan (2) Baluchistan University of Medical and Health Sciences, Pakistan
(3).Department of Family Medicine Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
(4) Department of Community Medicine Shifa Tameer -e -Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan
(5) Baluchistan University of Medical and Health Sciences, Pakistan

Corresponding Author
Tabinda Ashfaq
Consultant Family Physician
Family Medicine Department,
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Email: tabinda.ashfaq@aku.edu

Received: December 2020; Accepted: January 2021; Published: February 1, 2021. Citation: Tabinda Ashfaq et al. Preference of final year medical students towards family medicine as a career choice: A comparative study from Pakistan. World Family Medicine. 2021; 19(1): 136-142 DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2021.93995

Abstract

 

Introduction: Career choices by newly graduated doctors play an important role in the provision of health care and for the making of health policies. Family Medicine is not being recognized as a specialty of choice among the health care society. The objective of this study was to see the preference of final year medical students towards family medicine as a career choice and its associated factors.

Methodology: This was a cross sectional study conducted among final year medical students of private and government medical colleges who were exposed and not exposed to family medicine teaching, after taking informed consent.

Results: Out of a total of 175 students 158 planned to go for specialization. Among them a small number, 16 from government and 4 from a private university, planned to join family medicine residency. The majority (74) from private university believed that there is a difference between general practitioner and family physician. Nearly all of them (75) believed holistic care approach as a main domain of family physicians. All private and few government university students said that Family Medicine should be incorporated as a subject in the undergraduate medical curriculum.

Recommendations: Family Medicine is in its infancy stage and requires the dire need to increase its awareness through sessions and seminars among health care professionals.

Key words: Family medicine, career choice, medical students
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