[The resident in family and community medicine views his specialization. II]. / El residente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria ante su especialización (II).

A questionnaire was submitted to the third year residents of Family and Community Medicine. Its aim was to know their opinion, respecting the different aspects of their specialty. We obtained a high rate of response (49.5%). The majority of residents are male and 37 por 100 had finished their degree before joining the program. The fact of choosing a residence in the Family and Community Medicine program is related to the place obtained in the ranking of Internal Resident Doctors and to the lack of vacancies in fields thought to be more interesting. About a third of those polled state that their main reason for choosing Family and Community Medicine is vocational. If one compared their preference for the specialty before and after the resident period, this increased. Still, the specialty's allure is low. The majority prefer working in Public Medicine and in tasks related to medical care and the urban milieu. We put forward some suggestions that could improve this situation.

[The family and community medicine resident facing his/her specialization (I)]. / El residente de medicina familiar y comunitaria ante su especialización (I).

A questionnaire was sent out to the interns in Family and Community Medicine throughout the country in the last month of training. The objective was to find out the degree of fulfillment and the evaluation of the Official Program of the Specialty as far as courses, rotations and duty periods were concerned. We received 170 questionnaires (response rate: 49.8%). The obligatory courses are overwhelmingly attended, but not so the optional ones. What stands out especially is the incorrect length of rotation among Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Primary Health Care. The specializations which draw the most interest due to their eventual use are Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Primary Health Care, and the least interesting are Gynaecology, Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmics. Roughly half have not had any duty watches in Surgery and Primary Care. With these results in hand, we recommend some changes be made in the specialization programs.