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Objectives

The objectives to be achieved at the end of the Family Medicine training include to produce medical officers who can :

1. Provide primary care,that is holistic,personalized, comprehensive and continuing to the individual, family and community;
2. Establish a good doctor-patient relationship, show empathy, communicate effectively, educate, advice and counsel appropriately;
3. Recognize psychological, social and cultural influences on health and health-seeking behaviour;
4. Diagnose and manage common symptoms and common medical, surgical and psychosocial problems in patients of all ages and both sexes, with special emphasis on the child, the adolescent, the woman and the elderly;
5. Recognize the interdependent roles of physician experience, patient preferences and best available evidence in clinical decision making;
6. Provide initial emergency care including first aid measures, CPR and refer when necessary, using appropriate means of transportation;
7. Request appropriate investigations and practise cost-effective management with rational drug prescription;
8. Promote health and prevent diseases at every opportunity and support / cooperate with the implementation of national health programmes
9. Identify conditions that need referral and refer appropriately to coordinate the patient’s health care;
10. Provide care and counselling for the elderly, terminally ill and bereaved;
11. Carry out home visits and home-based care;
12. Recognize problems affecting people at different stages of the life cycle.Recognize normal and abnormal relationships within the family, and how they affect a family in health and illness;and Recognize and manage occupational and environmental health problems;
13. Practise within the ethical norms required of a medical practitioner with due respect to the autonomy of the individual and family and attention to confidentiality, informed consent etc;
14. Write complete, accurate, organized and focussed medical records; Issue medical certificates and manage medico-legal problems;
15. Practise management and leadership skills aaand Engage in life-long learning and continuing professional development;
16. Recognize the importance of quality assurance and practise guidelines and Inculcate a scientific inquiring mind and investigate to solve problems; carry out research in primary medical care.

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