The Red Book - The College of Family Physicians Canada

) Designing and implementing learning opportunities for residents to attain allcompetencies as outlined by the CFPCc) Selecting candidates for admission to the programd) Overseeing the assessment system to determine competence of the residents in theprogram in accordance with policies determined by the faculty, postgraduate medicaleducation committee, and the CFPCe) Ensuring that residents are involved in the governance of the department and in theresidency program, including the election of the chief resident, resident involvement inprogram committees, and resident involvement in program planning and evaluationf) Maintaining an appeal mechanism. The residency program committee should receiveand review appeals from residents and, where appropriate, refer the matter to thefaculty postgraduate medical education committee or faculty appeal committeeg) Establishing mechanisms to provide career planning and counseling for residentsh) Instituting mechanisms to deal with problems such as those related to resident healthand well-being, including stress, intimidation, or harassmenti) Creating a written policy governing resident safety related to travel and patientencounters, including house calls, after-hours consultations in isolated settings, andpatient transfers (eg, Medevac). The policy should allow residents discretion andjudgment regarding their personal safety and ensure residents are appropriatelysupervised during all such clinical encounters. The policy must specifically includeeducational activities (eg, identifying risk indicators).Special accommodation must be provided to residents with physical/healthchallenges in accordance with university policies.j) Ensuring that there is an identified faculty member with the responsibility to facilitateand supervise the involvement of residents in research and other scholarly workk) Maintaining a link with the undergraduate program in order to demonstrate continuityof educationTraining Sites5. There must be a site coordinator at each geographic site or program stream—includingsites offering electives—who is responsible to the postgraduate program director and/or8