Background information.

Please find attached a link to my "cloud" of public files relating to the development of the Queen's FM Oshawa-Lakeridge site.  There is a password on the folder; please ask me for the password if you are planning on accessing these files.  The address is https://public.me.com/whpang.md

In the "Presentations and Updates" folder, you can find a version of the slides presented December 2nd in Bowmanville to an interested and interesting group of Family Physicians.  This presentation is very similar to the one that Dr. Willa Henry, Queen's Family Medicine Program Director gave in November.

It is a good start as far as familiarizing yourself with the task ahead and where things stand at this point.

The main points from the presentation:

1. 8 PGY-1's in Family Medicine will be matching through CARMs to the Oshawa-Lakeridge Site annually with first group of residents starting in July 2012.
2. New Family Medicine curriculum is based on the "Triple C" which emphasizes Comprehensive care, Centred in Family Medicine, and provides Continuity of care.
3. Also in the forefront is the move away from traditional "blocks" of training towards having the trainees acquire competencies.  This knowledge / skill acquisition can take place in non-traditional manners and settings.  The CFPC's 99 Priority Topics and Key Features provides an outline of the basic competencies expected of a Family Medicine resident / physician.
4. To provide the best training experience for these residents, it is vital to identify the local learning experiences which would be best suited for the residents to acquire these competencies.
5. This program is supported and overseen by the Queen's Department of Family Medicine and does have to meet accreditation criteria set out by the CFPC.