Core Competencies
This OPEN eModule focuses on the following Core Competencies in Psychiatry, related CanMEDs roles, and associated principles from the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC).
These guidelines are adapted from the Mental Health Core Competencies Steering Committee from the 2014 Mental Health Core Competencies for Physicians document.
| Open Core Competency for Obesity & Mental Health | CanMEDs Role | CFPC |
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1.1. Physicians will have working knowledge of the symptoms, etiology, and basic treatment of obesity and mental health-related disorders. 1.2. Physicians will undertake mental health screening for symptoms. 1.3. Recognizing the limits of their expertise, physicians will seek appropriate consultation from other health professionals. |
Medical Expert |
The family physician is a skilled clinician. The family physician is a resource to a defined practice population. The patient-physician relationship is central to the role of the family physician. |
| 2. Identifies and integrates information and evidence related to the care of patients. | Scholar | The family physician is a resource to a defined practice population. |
| 3. Identifies opportunities for advocacy, health promotion and disease prevention to optimize the care of their patients. | Health Advocate | |
| 4. Physicians communicate with their patients with respect and without stigma. | Communicator | |
| 5. Works with and learns from others to assess, plan, provide and integrate mental health and addiction care for patients. | Collaborator | Family medicine is community-based. |
| 6. Physicians are aware of their own cultural attitudes and biases and how these may impact patient care. | Professional | |
| 7. Physicians are equipped with the tools, knowledge, training, and experience to improve health care, reduce health disparities and inequities and sustain health for their patients. | Leader |