Training for rural practice. Are graduates of a UBC program well prepared?
Graduates of the UBC rural training program consider themselves better prepared for rural family practice than non-program-trained rural physicians in several areas of family practice. Most graduates of the program were practising in rural and regional settings.
These findings demonstrate that chronic mold exposures induced changes in inflammatory and immune system responses to specific mold and mycotoxin challenges. These responses can differentiate mold-exposed patients from unexposed controls. This strategy may be a powerful approach to document immune system responsiveness to molds and other inflammation-inducing environmental agents.