Program Highlights:
Both Years:
• Family Medicine-centred 2-year horizontal “Triple C” Curriculum (Comprehensive learning, Continuity of learning and Family Medicine-Centred education)
• An average of 2 full days in Family Medicine clinics each week, alongside horizontal experiences in other disciplines relevant to family medicine
• Wednesday afternoons are academic teaching (protected time)
• Family mdicine on-call at Belleville General Hospital
• Horizontal experiences:
- Pediatric clinics
- Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics and on-call
- Lumps, bumps and minor procedure clinics
- Emergency Medicine
- Cardiology
- Gastroenterology
- Behavioural Medicine
- Hospitalist (family physician-led)
- Palliative Care
PGY1
Transition to Residency, Skill-building, Competency in core FM
• 8 weeks of Electives
• 4 weeks of Internal Medicine (as a combo of IM, FM Hospitalist, or ICU)
PGY2
Mastery of Core FM skills; Transition to Independent Practice
• New FM clinic & preceptor for core FM
• 8 weeks of Rural Family Medicine outside of Belleville in Picton, Trenton, Bancroft, or any other Queen’s-approved rural site
• Horizontal experiences continue
• 4 weeks of electives
• 8 selective days for sampling other experiences