Lectures and Workshops

 

Canadian Health Care System

 

Goal: 

Explore the background and central features of Canadian Health Care system

 

Objectives:

1. Describe universal healthcare in Canada (how funded, administered and delivered)

2. Describe the different components of the Canadian Health Care System and how they interact

3. Recognize how patients access health services in Canada for various clinical presentations

 

 

Family Medicine & Primary Care in Canada: Strengths and Challenges

 

Goal: 

Consider the strengths and challenges of Family Medicine & Primary Care in Canada

 

Objectives:

1. Describe evidence regarding the importance of Family Medicine to improving health outcomes for the population

2. Outline specific strengths of the Canadian Family Medicine & Primary Care model

3. Analyze key challenges of the Canadian Family Medicine & Primary Care model

 

 

Family Medicine & Primary Care around the World

 

Goal: 

Compare the state of family medicine in various LMICs

 

Objectives:

1. Identify commonalities and differences in family medicine and primary care in participating countries

2. Recognize opportunities for gains in population health from the development of primary care in these settings

 

 

Quality Improvement

 

Goal:

Review the history and role of Quality Improvement in Family Medicine

 

Objectives:

1. Define Quality Improvement

2. Describe background of quality improvement in Family Medicine

3. Evaluate the role of Quality Improvement in Family Medicine

 

 

Standards & Accreditation: CanMEDS-FM

 

Goal:

Explore the evolution of a competency framework in FM and key elements of the CanMEDs-FM roles

 

Objectives:

1. Identify and define CanMEDS-FM roles

2. Assess importance and expected outcomes of a competency curriculum

3. Reflect on the family medicine roles and competencies in one’s local context

 

 

Primary Care/Public Health Interface

 

Goal:

Analyze and breakdown the complex dynamic between primary care and public health

 

Objectives:

1. Compare and contrast the disciplines of public health and primary care

2. Identify opportunities for collaboration among the two disciplines

3. Outline potential challenges arising from collaboration between the two disciplines and possible solutions

 

 

Family Medicine in the Undergraduate Curriculum

 

Goal:

Familiarize participants with current state of family medicine in undergraduate medical education

 

Objectives:

1. Identify opportunities to incorporate family medicine teaching in the undergraduate curriculum

2. Outline a strategy to overcome common barriers to inclusion of family medicine in the undergraduate curriculum

3. Advocate for family medicine as an essential component of undergraduate education

 

 

Post-Graduate Education in Family Medicine

 

Goal:

Review the key features of the post-graduate family medicine curriculum in Canada

 

Objectives:

1. Describe resident training in family medicine in Canada

2. Discuss the relative merits of clinical rotations and longitudinal family practice training

3. Characterize the role of the accreditation process in educational quality and uniformity and portability of post-graduate family medicine training

 

 

Continued Professional Development (Mentorship and Leadership)

 

Goal:

Establish the importance of continued professional development in family medicine

 

Objectives:

1. Describe the MAINPRO system for Canadian Family Physicians

2. Define the role of mentorship and leadership in family medicine

3. Reflect on the role of continued professional development in primary care in one’s own country

 

 

Research in Family Medicine: Overview

 

Goal:

Provide tools necessary to better engage primary care practitioners in evidence based culture.

 

Objectives:

1. Describe the historical challenges and shortcomings of the knowledge base for primary care.

2. Recognize the role of practice-based research networks in primary care evidence based medicine.

3. Identify community-based health care questions as the basis for knowledge generation.

4. Give an example of a research method developed specifically for primary care

5. Describe a challenge unique to translational medicine in primary care.