Course Director: Dr. Sherylan Young
Associate Course Director: Dr. Sharonie Valin
Course Duration: 6 weeks

The six-week Family and Community Medicine course begins with centrally delivered core seminars for the first two days. Core seminars include: orientation, family violence, motivational interviewing, palliative care and geriatrics. Students will also participate in site-specific seminars and complete mandatory e-modules online for other core content topics.

Students then go to their respective sites to start the clinical portion of the rotation, which includes 1:1 preceptoring in an ambulatory office setting. Students will work with their preceptors as well as some allied health care providers throughout the rotation. Clinical rotations are distributed across 18 sites including large academic teaching units to rural placements, coordinated through the Rural Ontario Medical Program (ROMP). Students are also required to complete a small project, which is presented, midway through the rotation. The course syllabus is online (https://meded.utoronto.ca/medicine/community/fcm310y_83_86_98_104_109_113:handbook_syllabus).

The course exposes students to various comprehensive care models and strives to have students learn in an interprofessional environment.