Tailoring family medicine residency programs to meet community needs. Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa.

This paper describes how members of the Department of Family Medicine of the University of Ottawa developed lists of problems and procedures common and important in family practice in Canada and, on the basis of these lists, drew up guidelines for content in the 2-year residency program for family medicine. A computerized data retrieval system is used to monitor every resident's practice to ensure that he or she gains appropriate exposure to common problems and procedures.