The Red Book - The College of Family Physicians Canada

• An identifiable formal teaching program for the residents in the FP-A program. Thisprogram must provide clinical teaching opportunities, seminars, formal teaching rounds,and other learning opportunities necessary to achieve the objectives outlined herein. Theacquisition of critical appraisal skills is essential. Programs may require residents tocomplete an academic project. For those residents who wish to pursue an academic project(research, literature review, quality improvement), the program should provide theopportunity to do so.• Opportunities for the resident to secure appropriate, relevant training experience in otherareas related to anesthesia (eg, intensive care unit [ICU], critical care unit [CCU], neonatalintensive care unit [NICU]).• Opportunities for the resident to undertake part of the training in a rural or regionalsetting.• Educational opportunities which ensure residents maintain clinical responsibility in a familypractice setting. Alternatives to the weekly “half-day back” may be appropriate in somecentres. Provisions should be made to facilitate those trainees wishing to maintain ongoingcare for their group of patients associated with the “half-day back” component of their corefamily medicine program. For those trainees from a program that did not have a “half-dayback” system or for trainees who are experienced family physicians, an alternativeexperience should be available to the resident, such as spending one month under thesupervision of a family physician anesthetist who still maintains comprehensive andcontinuing care for a group of patients. In all cases, trainees need to maintain contact withthe department of family medicine, be aware of educational events in family medicine, andhave opportunities to attend these events whenever possible.• A system of evaluation, for both residents and faculty that is congruent with the principlesoutlined in the Red Book.At completion of the third year of training, the resident will possess the knowledge andskills necessary to develop a leadership role in a community anesthesia department.Program OrganizationThe FP-A residency training program must be conducted in cooperation with the universitydepartments of family medicine and anesthesia and provide a curriculum based on the43