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Resident Study Guide

Welcome to the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Family Medicine Resident Study Guide!

There is noÌý"perfect" textbook in Family Medicine.ÌýThe goal of this study guide is to serve as aÌý"virtual" textbook centered around the College of Family Physicians Priority Topics and Key Features.

This project has been put together by Dr. Teresa Rudkin and Dr. Sarah Massoud. If you have any suggestions or interesting articles, or if you would like to get involved in developing new resident learning tools,Ìýplease contact us!
We can be reached by e-mail:Ìýteresa.rudkin [at] mcgill.ca ²¹²Ô»åÌýsarah.massoud [at] mcgill.ca (please use subject line RESIDENT STUDY GUIDE)

FM Learner is another resource for residents, developed by Dr. Kenjey Chan,Ìýthat includes notes on the 105ÌýTopics. To visit, click .

Clicking on the name of the each Priority Topic will take you to a PDF document that is a roadmap of the topic's Key Features with links to relevant and up to date articles that you can read to learn the content for that Key Feature. You DO NOT NEED to read every article to be prepared for the exam! We have included different styles of articles so that you can choose those that best suit your learning style. Content will continue to be updated on an ongoing basis.Ìý

NB: you may be redirected to Æ»¹ûÒùÔº myCourses (learning management system) to access some restricted documents. Only Æ»¹ûÒùÔº residents or Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Family Medicine Academic members can access these documents using their Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Email and Password.

If you have any trouble entering myCourses using a mobile device, please use this Ìýand log in before clicking on the links below.

Ìý1. Abdominal Pain

Ìý2.ÌýAdvanced Cardiac Life Support

Ìý3.ÌýAllergy

Ìý4.ÌýAnemia

Ìý5.ÌýAntibiotics

Ìý6.ÌýAnxiety (Modified 2020)

Ìý7.ÌýAsthma

Ìý8.ÌýAtrial Fibrillation

Ìý9. Bad News

10.ÌýBehavioural Problems (Modified 2020)

11.ÌýBreast Lump

12.ÌýCancer

13.ÌýChest Pain

14.ÌýChronic Disease

15.ÌýChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

16. Chronic Pain (New 2020)

17.ÌýContraception

18.ÌýCough

19.ÌýCounselling (Modified 2020)

20.ÌýCrisis (Modified 2020)

21.ÌýCroup

22.ÌýDeep Venous Thrombosis

23.ÌýDehydration

24.ÌýDementia (Modified 2020)

25.ÌýDepression (Modified 2020)

26.ÌýDiabetes

27.ÌýDiarrhea

28.ÌýDifficult Patient

29.ÌýDisability

30.ÌýDizziness

31.ÌýDomestic Violence

32.ÌýDyspepsia

33.ÌýDysuria

34.ÌýEarache

35.ÌýEating Disorders (Modified 2020)

36.ÌýElderly

37.ÌýEpistaxis

38.ÌýFamily Issues

39.ÌýFatigue

40.ÌýFever

41.ÌýFractures

42.ÌýGastrointestinal Bleed

43.ÌýGender Specific Issues

44.ÌýGrief (Modified 2020)

45.ÌýHeadache

46.ÌýHeart Failure (New 2020)

47.ÌýHepatitis

48.ÌýHyperlipidemia

49.ÌýHypertension

50.ÌýImmigrants

51.ÌýImmunization

52.ÌýIn Children

53.ÌýInfections

54.ÌýInfertility

55.ÌýInsomnia (Modified 2020)

56.ÌýIschemic Heart Disease

57.ÌýJoint Disorder

58.ÌýLacerations

59.ÌýLearning

60.ÌýLifestyle

61. Loss of Consciousness

62. Loss of Weight

63. Low Back Pain

64. Meningitis

65. Menopause

66. Mental Competency (Modified 2020)

67. Multiple Medical Problems

68. Neck Pain

69. Newborn

70. Obesity

71. Osteoporosis

72. Pain (New 2020)

73. Palliative Care

74. Parkinsonism

75. PHA and Screening

76. Personality Disorder (Modified 2020)

77. Pneumonia

78. Poisoning

79. Pregnancy

80. Prostate

81. Rape, Sexual Assault

82. Rash (New 2020)

83. Red Eye

84. Renal Failure (New 2020)

85. ÌýSchizophrenia (Modified 2020)

86. Seizures

87. Sex (Modified 2020)

88. Sexually Transmitted Infections

89. Shortness of Breath (New 2020)

90. Skin Disorders

91. Smoking Cessation

92. Somatization (Modified 2020)

93. Stress

94. Stroke

95. Substance Use and Addiction (Modified 2020)

96. Suicide (Modified 2020)

97. Thyroid

98. Trauma

99. Travel Medicine

100. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

101. Urinary Tract Infection

102. Vaginal Bleeding

103. Vaginitis

104. Violent Patient

105. Well Baby Care

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