title: A curriculum for the times: an experiment in teaching health policy to residents in family medicine.
abstract: The Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., recently undertook a pilot project to familiarize residents in family medicine with physician-related health policy issues. The objective of the project was to ease the residents' transition into practice and to equip them to participate effectively in future policy debates. All first-year residents assigned to a 4-month clinical rotation in the Department of Family Medicine took part in the program, which consisted of 5 weekly 1-hour lecture and discussion sessions. The program was offered as one component of the 130-hour core curriculum for first-year residents. Participants evaluated the program as highly informative and extremely relevant to their career plans. The authors conclude that health policy is a subject that can be incorporated into the core curriculum of residency training programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Shortt
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Hodgetts
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009864:Ontario; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation