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2.0 Community-based

2.0 Family medicine is a community-based discipline			Core Rotation	Elective Rotation	Academic Program	Special Interest Elective
Care for patients in different settings
The resident will be able to:
2.0.1	K/S	Care for family medicine patients in a variety of settings including the office, patients' home, retirement/long-term care facilities, and inpatient ward	FM	FMH

Principles of home care
The resident will be able to:
2.0.1	K/A	Describe the importance of home care for the family physician	FM, PC		X
2.0.2	K/A	Describe the role and importance of the family physician in home care	FM, PC		X
2.0.3	K	Describe the types of home care (acute, chronic, preventive, palliative)	FM, PC		X
2.0.4	K	Describe the barriers/challenges to home care for the family physician and ways to overcome them	FM, PC		X

Caring for the community
The resident will be able to:
2.0.5	K	Describe common differences in practice patterns of family physicians in geographic areas of differing rurality and reasons for these differences	FM	UC, FMH	X
2.0.6	K	Describe an approach to finding out community resources for the family physician (e.g. specialists, allied health professionals, home care services)	FM	UC, FMH

Medicolegal, medical/ethical issues relevant to family practice
The resident will be able to:
2.0.7	K/S/A	Discuss cases presented in Ethics tutorials and work through web-based Ethics modules.			X
2.0.8	K/S/A	Discuss with family medicine preceptor on ethical and legal issues that arise during patient care activities in family medicine block time	FM

Professionalism
The resident will be able to:
2.0.9	S/A	Demonstrate appropriate professional behaviours in practice (honesty, integrity, commitment/responsibility, compassion, respect, altruism/patient advocacy, personal presentation)	All	All
2.0.10	S/A	Demonstrate a commitment to quality care and life-long learning	All	All
2.0.11	S/A	Demonstrate effective relationships with patients and other healthcare professionals	All	All
2.0.12	S/A	Describe an approach to recognize and assist other professionals in need	All	All

References
The Role of the Family Physician in Home Care: A Discussion Paper. The College of Family Physicians of Canada. 2000.
CanMEDS 2005 Framework.
Project Professionalism. American Board of Internal Medicine.
Standards for Accreditation of Residency Training Programs. The College of Family Physicians of Canada. 2006.