Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization Faculty of Primary Healthcare
Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization Faculty of Primary Healthcare Family Medicine Residency Program Trainers’ & Residents’ Guide to the curriculum 1 Preface Our vision at The Kuwait Family Medicine Academic Program is to improve the health of the people of Kuwait through leadership in family medicine education, clinical practice, and research. To fulfill this vision, our mission is to develop and maintain exemplary family medicine educational programs for medical students, resident physicians, physician assistants, other faculty and practicing physicians who train healthcare providers for Kuwait. Furthermore, we thrive to provide comprehensive, high quality, cost effective and humanistic healthcare in our family medicine clinical education centers through interdisciplinary cooperation. In our mission we will promote the discovery and dissemination of knowledge that is important to teaching, clinical practice, and organization of healthcare. Finally, we will work in partnership with individuals, community organizations, and governmental institutions to address unmet primary care needs through education, community service, and contributions to help in improving health care delivery systems, while providing a nurturing educational and work environment where creativity is encouraged and diversity is respected. This publication demonstrates the Family Medicine Curriculum in depth for the family medicine trainers, residents, medical students, and other faculty and practicing physicians who train in Family Medicine Centers. Dr. Huda Alduwaisan Chairman of the faculty of primary healthcare 2 Foreword Family Medicine provides accessible, quality and cost-effective healthcare that is patient centered, evidence based, family focused, and problem oriented. Family physicians are expert at managing common complaints, recognizing important diseases, uncovering hidden conditions, and managing most acute and chronic illnesses.
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