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.
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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
17.ÌýContraception
18.ÌýCough
19.ÌýCounselling (Modified 2020)
21.ÌýCroup
23.ÌýDehydration
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
45.ÌýHeadache
47.ÌýHepatitis
48.ÌýHyperlipidemia
49.ÌýHypertension
50.ÌýImmigrants
51.ÌýImmunization
52.ÌýIn Children
53.ÌýInfections
54.ÌýInfertility
57.ÌýJoint Disorder
58.ÌýLacerations
59.ÌýLearning
60.ÌýLifestyle
62. Loss of Weight
63. Low Back Pain
64. Meningitis
65. Menopause
66. Mental Competency (Modified 2020)
68. Neck Pain
69. Newborn
70. Obesity
71. Osteoporosis
72. Pain (New 2020)
73. Palliative Care
74. Parkinsonism
76. Personality Disorder (Modified 2020)
77. Pneumonia
78. Poisoning
79. Pregnancy
80. Prostate
82. Rash (New 2020)
83. Red Eye
85. ÌýSchizophrenia (Modified 2020)
86. Seizures
88. Sexually Transmitted Infections
89. Shortness of Breath (New 2020)
90. Skin Disorders
92. Somatization (Modified 2020)
93. Stress
94. Stroke
95. Substance Use and Addiction (Modified 2020)
97. Thyroid
98. Trauma
99. Travel Medicine
100. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
102. Vaginal Bleeding
103. Vaginitis
104. Violent Patient
105. Well Baby Care