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The program emphasizes ambulatory care designated community family practices in the Waterloo-Wellington area, including Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Wellesley and Cambridge with an emphasis on inter-professional care and education.  The curriculum is family medicine focused with various components of primary care woven throughout the program.

There are core rotations in  Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Geriatrics which are chosen for their appropriateness to Family Medicine. Flexibility is provided by elective and selective opportunities in the second year, and horizontal elective time during Family Medicine experiences in both the first and second year of residency. While on rotations other than Family Medicine, all residents return for two half-days each week -- one for provision of clinical care to the resident's panel of patients in his/her Family Medicine setting, and one for a Behavioural Science tutorial.

The first year curriculum includes:

• 4 months of Family Medicine
• 2 months of Integrated Family Medicine, with a focus on child and reproductive health
• 2 months of Internal Medicine
• 2 months of Obstetrics & Gynecology
• 1 month of Integrated Pediatric Care
• 2 months of Emergency Medicine
  
  

The second year curriculum includes:

• 4 months of Core Family Medicine
• 2 months of Integrated Family Medicine, with a focus on chronic disease management and care of the elderly
• 2 months of Rural/Under-serviced Community Family Medicine
• 2 months Core Medicine/Surgery Selective
• 1 month Selective in Family medicine
• 2 months Elective
  
  

All residents participate in Academic Half-Days, Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) tutorials and Quality Assurance activities, during Family Medicine rotations. These activities provide residents with skills they will need when in practice to continue learning and developing as effective practitioners. These activities also ensure residents are effective consumers of medical research, and allow them to apply research to their clinical activities.

All residents must complete a Quality Assurance project as a program requirement. Each of the Family Medicine Teaching Units and supervisors will support and facilitate residents in their completion of these projects. There is a strong emphasis on evidence-based medicine and the development of critical appraisal skills and all residents will participate in Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) tutorials as part of their Academic Half Day program.

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