Family Medicine

Report of a Regional Scientific Working Group Meeting on Core Curriculum
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(10) Identify conditions that need referral and refer appropriately to
coordinate the patient’s health care;
(11) Provide care and counselling for the elderly, terminally ill and
bereaved;
(12) Carry out home visits and home-based care;
(13) Recognize problems affecting people at different stages of the life
cycle;
(14) Recognize normal and abnormal relationships within the family,
and how they affect a family in health and illness;
(15) Recognize and manage occupational and environmental health
problems;
(16) Practise within the ethical norms required of a medical practitioner
with due respect to the autonomy of the individual and family and
attention to confidentiality, informed consent etc;
(17) Write complete, accurate, organized and focussed medical
records;
(18) Issue medical certificates and manage medico-legal problems;
(19) Practise management and leadership skills;
(20) Engage in life-long learning and continuing professional
development;
(21) Recognize the importance of quality assurance and practise
guidelines;
(22) Inculcate a scientific inquiring mind and investigate to solve
problems; carry out research in primary medical care.;
(23) Share knowledge with colleagues, students and other health
workers, and
(24) Act as a friend, philosopher and advisor to the family of the
patient.