MED 8710: Core Experiences
Discipline: Rural Family Medicine
Academic Year 2025-2026
Class of 2027

Assessment Plan

EPAs  assessed in this discipline:

EPA 1: Obtain a history and perform a physical examination adapted to the patient’s clinical situation.

EPA 2: Formulate and justify a prioritized differential diagnosis.

EPA 3: Formulate an initial plan of investigation based on the diagnostic hypotheses.

EPA 4: Interpret and communicate results of common diagnostic and screening tests.

EPA 5: Formulate, communicate and implement management plans.

EPA 6: Present oral and written reports that document a clinical encounter.

EPA 8: Recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care, provide initial management and seek help.

EPA 9: Communicate in difficult situations.

EPA 10: Contribute to a culture of safety and improvement.

EPA 11: Perform general procedures of a physician.

EPA 12: Educate patients on disease management, health promotion and preventative medicine.

EPA 13: Collaborate as a member of an interprofessional team.

EPA 14: Incorporate the relevant social determinants of health (SDoH) and cultural safety in relation to patient’s illness and management planning.

Learning Objectives

Prescribed clinical experiences for Rural Family Medicine

Formative assessment

Prescribed (required) clinical experiences records (T-Res) - Learning objectives, including Mandatory Procedures to be completed while on Core Family.
Learn-FM Cases
Mid-term assessment (formative ITAR)
Weekly clinic cards (T-Res): 1 per week
Mini-CEX
Rourke Baby Record – 18 Month E-module
RFM Exam

Summative assessment

Final ITAR
Academic Half Day participation and presentation          

All T-Res patient experiences and all weekly clinic cards must be completed. Academic Half Day Seminars will be assessed on the quality of the case presentation (comprehensiveness, quality of visual material, knowledge of content, presentation skills and engagement of participants), and on weekly participation.

Learners are encouraged to submit more than the minimum required clinic cards to best reflect their performance.

All aspects of this assessment plan will be collated and presented at the Phase 4 Comprehensive Reviews at 6, 9, and 12 months. Learners need to complete all items listed in the above assessment plan at a satisfactory level as determined by the discipline to meet the criteria for continued progress throughout the Core Experiences course.

Original work, completed wholly by the learner, is expected to be submitted in this course. The use of an artificial intelligence tool like chatGPT is not permitted.

Definition of rural site

For the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a rural site is defined as having a population of less than 50,000 people and not within a one hour commute of a population centre exceeding 100,000.

Version date: March 24, 2025
Reviewed by SAS: April 30, 2025
Approved by UGMS: May 21, 2025