Some suggestions for implementing family medicine curriculum objectives

Patient safety principles in family medicine residency accreditation standards and curriculum objectives: Implications for primary care.

OBJECTIVE To conduct a thematic analysis of the College of Family Physicians of Canada's (CFPC's) Red Book accreditation standards and the Triple C Competency-based Curriculum objectives with respect to patient safety principles. DESIGN Thematic content analysis of the CFPC's Red Book accreditation standards and the Triple C curriculum. SETTING Canada. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Coding frequen...

Suggestions for a standard clinical practice curriculum and learning objectives for physical therapy education in Korea

Implementing radical curriculum change in a family medicine residency: the majors and masteries program.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There have been dramatic changes in the specialty of family medicine and the American health care system in the more than 40 years since the formation of the specialty. As a result, there is urgent need for experimentation and innovation in residency training to better prepare family physicians. METHODS Waukesha Family Medicine Residency used a strategic planning pro...

Family Medicine Curriculum Resource Project: the future.

Under contract to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) created an undergraduate medical education curricular resource designed to train physicians to practice in the 21st century. An interdisciplinary group of more than 35 educators worked for 4 years to create the Family Medicine Curriculum Resource (FMCR). By consensus, the...

The family medicine curriculum resource: utility for office-based teachers of family medicine.

(Fam Med 2005;37(6):389-91.) Editor’s Note: As project co-director, Paul Paulman, MD, of the University of Nebraska and a number of other education leaders worked together to create the Family Medicine Curriculum Resource (FMCR). This resource is designed to help medical school faculty refine and further develop curricula in family medicine. In this month’s column, Dr Paulman explains how this ...