title: Adult health checkup: Update on the Preventive Care Checklist Form©.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe updates to the Preventive Care Checklist Form© to help family physicians stay up to date with current preventive health care recommendations.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Ovid MEDLINE database was searched using specified key words and other terms relevant to the periodic health examination. Secondary sources, such as the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Trip database, and the Canadian Medical Association Infobase, were also searched. Recommendations for preventive health care for average-risk adults were reviewed. Strong and weak recommendations are presented on the form in bold and italic text, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Updates were made to the form based on the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommendations on screening for obesity (2015), cervical cancer (2013), depression (2013), osteoporosis (2013), hypertension (2012), diabetes (2012, 2013), and breast cancer (2011). Updates were made based on recommendations from other Canadian organizations on screening for HIV (2013), screening for sexually transmitted infections (2013), immunizations (2012 to 2014), screening for dyslipidemia (2012), fertility counseling for women (2011, 2012), and screening for colorectal cancer (2010). Some previous recommendations were removed and others lacking evidence were not included.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Preventive Care Checklist Form has been updated with current recommendations to enable family physicians to provide comprehensive, evidence-based care to patients during periodic health examinations.
authors.affiliation: Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario and a staff physician at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ridley
authors.affiliation: Family physician practising in Montreal, Que.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ischayek
authors.affiliation: Associate Medical Officer of Health for Toronto Public Health, an emergency medicine physician with Lakeridge Health Bowmanville in Ontario, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. vinita.dubey@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Vinita
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dubey
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor and Director of Postgraduate Education in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and a staff physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iglar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D057189:Checklist / Q000592:standards*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*