• To grow their critical thinking skills and decision-making skills |
• To improve their skills and confidence in managing complex conditions and long-term continuity of care |
• To improve their knowledge, skills and attitudes and behaviors in self-directed learning |
• To help expand their learning skills in the Art of Family Medicine approach to patient-centered care |
• To prepare them for their upcoming Family Medicine Board examination |
• Provide a boost in their clinical training to make up for a lack of on-the-job clinical supervision and |
• To demonstrate the value of an ongoing Family Medicine peer support group that could continue after they left training |