Residency Training Core Curriculum

FOUNDATION COURSES

The training of residents in the Department of Family and Community Medicine is organized around the fifteen Foundation Courses prescribed by the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP).

1. FAMILY MEDICINE PRINCIPLES AND FAMILY PRACTICE

2. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CARE (USE OF THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH)

3. ACUTE CARE

4. PREVENTIVE CARE AND WELLNESS (CHILDREN, ADULTS, ELDERLY, FAMILY, COMMUNITY)

5. COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONAL SKILLS

6. COMMUNITY ORIENTED PRIMARY CARE (COPC)

7. EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE (EBM)

8. QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA)

9. RESEARCH

10. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

11. MEDICAL ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM

12. HEALTH LEGISLATION, ISSUES AND ADVOCACIES

13. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

14. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

15. HOSPICE AND PALLATIVE MEDICINE

Among these Foundation Courses, the following are regarded as the 6 CORE FOUNDATION COURSES that must be given more emphasis.

A. CLINICAL

a. Preventive

b. Acute Care

c. Primary Care

d. Secondary Care

e. Palliative Care

B. FAMILY MEDICINE PRINCIPLES

C. COMMUNITY ORIENTED PRIMARY CARE

D. EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE

E. RESEARCH/QUALITY ASSURANCE

F. COMMUNICATION SKILLS

MASTER SCHEDULE OF ROTATIONS OF RESIDENTS & OTHER LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The curriculum is designed for training physicians who are already working or practicing in the community but have no formal residency training in the past, or completed residency training in another specialization. It provides an alternative system for education, training and assessment of general practitioners and primary care physicians.

It is a 4 year residency training program:

- The first year of training is primarily focused on teaching the Foundation Courses of Family Medicine and primary care management.

- The second and third years of training is exposure to the different specialty divisions through hospital rotations and preceptorial learning. This is also the start of research education.

- The fourth year level would concentrate on the community empowerment, practice management and final research paper presentation.