Continuity: middle C--a very good place to start.

The College of Family Physicians of Canada has endorsed the recommendation from the Section of Teachers’ Working Group on Postgraduate Curriculum Review that residency training programs should develop and implement a competency-based curriculum that is • comprehensive, • focused on continuity of education and patient care, and • centred in family medicine. Together these recommendations form the Triple C Competency-based Curriculum (Triple C).1 This is the third in a series of articles explaining the Triple C initiative.2,3 Highlighted here is the middle C: continuity of education and patient care. Continuity is key in the development of family physicians whose practices are truly patient-centred and comprehensive. Residency programs in family medicine must include both continuity of patient care and continuity of education for learners.