Family Physicians' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Results of the May 2021 CFPC Members Survey on COVID-19
It is critically important to know how family doctors are caring for patients and communities as front-line health workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) surveyed its 40,000 members in 2020 and 2021. We told their COVID-19 stories at the start of the pandemic in May 2020. The results provided here from May 2021 show how family doctors continue to adapt their practices and the concerns they have for their patients a year later.
Highlights of the 2021 CFPC Members Survey on COVID-19 are available online.
Have questions? Please contact us at [email protected].
COVID-19 surveys
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COVID-19 Survey 1 (2020)
In the spring of 2020, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) completed a member survey asking family physicians how their practices have been affected by COVID-19. Read a list of the questions asked online.
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COVID-19 Survey 1 Report
The first COVID-19 survey results provided a picture of what family doctors were doing to provide safe, high-quality care as well as the concerns they were feeling for their patients and for their practices. Read the full report on the website.
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COVID-19 Survey 2 (2021)
A year after the first survey was administered, the CFPC sent a second survey to its members to assess how family doctors have changed their practices and how they are serving patients and communities in new ways. You can find a list of the questions online.
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COVID-19 Survey 2 Report
The results show how family doctors continue to adapt their practices and the concerns they have for their patients a year later. Read the full report from May 2021.
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CFPC COVID-19 member survey in the news
The results of the COVID-19 member survey garnered media attention.
Click the links below to view these news reports.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2287903
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/family-doctors-highly-concerned-about-patients-mental-health-as-pandemic-drags-on-survey-suggests-1.6185637
https://www.sma.sk.ca/news/2373/cfpc-re-assesses-covid-19-s-toll-on-family-doctors-one-year-after-initial-survey.html
https://www.canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/what-toll-covid-19-taking-family-medicine (registration required)
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1856511/deconfinement-covid-restaurants-deprime-quebec-omicron
