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The Family Physician is a Skilled Clinician

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Approach to the Patient

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The learner will be able to describe how common illnesses present differently in the family practice environment than in the specialist setting:
The learner will be able to carry out a patient-centred interview that will include the following:
The learner will demonstrate effective communication skills in data gathering. The learner will be able to do the following:
The learner will demonstrate sensitivity when asking intimate questions of patients. The following are examples of intimate issues: Drug use, alcohol use, sexual practices, abuse history.
The learner will be able to take a history that includes the non-biological determinants of health. These include the following: housing, socioeconomic status, social network, education, work, culture, environment.
The learner will use appropriate record keeping when caring for patients. For example:
The learner will understand the issues around consent to treatment and substitute decision making:
The learner will use the patient-centred clinical method to conduct a supervised office visit (The supervised office visit should include culturally sensitive, age-appropriate history- taking and focused physical examination; use of appropriate investigations; formulation of a diagnosis; and development of a management plan that involves allied health professionals, community supports, drug therapy, patient education, and follow-up management at an appropriate level for the student’s training.) for common presentations, which may include both symptoms and diagnoses.
The learner will demonstrate the basic correct technique in common office procedural skills.
The learner will show a basic and appropriate level of understanding of a pharmacotherapeutic approach to treating primary care conditions, considering, at an appropriate level, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, side effects, important drug interactions, dosages, and costs.
The learner will demonstrate comfort in the use of non-pharmacologic modalities:
The learner will demonstrate a general approach to palliative care issues:

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