Family Medicine in the Undergraduate Curriculum

Section I - Integrating FM into the UG curriculum: Seizing the opportunity Changing healthcare: Building the evidence for generalism Defining family medicine Social accountability Developing an appropriate workforce for the future Academic primary care: The importance of family medicine leaders and role models Barriers for change and how to overcome these Section II - What to aim for: Principles of curriculum design Humanism in family medicine Addressing population needs Addressing patient and family needs Competency-based curricula Designing an integrated curriculum Values-based education: Integrating professionalism into the curriculum The formal, informal, and hidden curricula Section III - Integrating FM into the curriculum: how to achieve this Selecting for medical school entry: Nature or nurture? Early exposure to family medicine Family medicine placements: Apprenticeship learning Longitudinal integrated clerkships Interprofessional learning Experiential learning for undergraduate medical students Section IV - Teaching and learning: Methodologies Blended learning Clinical reasoning Communication skills Clinical and procedural skills Handling risk, uncertainty, and complexity Well-being Supervision, mentorship, and coaching Assessing clinical competency Section V - Assessment The principles of feedback Principles of assessment and assessment tools Struggling students and fitness to practise Quality improvement and evaluation Section VI - Evaluating teaching and learning across the curriculum Evidence-based practice: Medical education research Faculty development and continuous professional development