title: Filling the gaps between theory and daily clinical procedural skills training in family medicine.
abstract: Performance of procedures is an integral part of any family physician/general practitioner's practice. Unfortunately, discrepancy occurs between the existing theoretical methods of procedural teaching and the training imparted during real daily practice, which creates gaps that need to be overcome. This article identifies and reviews teaching gaps in family medicine training and presents suggestions to overcome them with a view to forming holistic psychomotor skills based on the learner's characteristics within the patient-centred philosophy of family medicine.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Family Medicine , University of Calgary , Calgary , Canada.
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Garcia-Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000193:education
keywords: Procedural skills; family medicine; general practice; minor surgery; procedures; psychomotor skills; teaching