Future practice of comprehensive care: Practice intentions of exiting family medicine residents in Canada.

Objective: To describe exiting family medicine (FM) residents' reported practice intentions after completing a Triple C Competency-based Curriculum.

Design: The surveys were intended to capture residents' perceptions of FM, their perceptions of their competency-based training, and their intentions to practise FM. Entry (T1) and exit (T2) self-reported survey results were compared considering the influence of the curriculum change.

Giving curriculum planners an edge: using entrance surveys to design family medicine education.

Objective: To pilot a survey of family medicine residents entering residency, describing their exposure to family medicine and their perspectives related to their future intentions to practise family medicine, in order to inform curriculum planners; and to test the methodology, feasibility, and utility of delivering a longitudinal survey to multiple residency programs.

Design: Pilot study using surveys.

Setting: Five Canadian residency programs.

Evaluation of the redesign of an undergraduate cell biology course.

This article offers a case study of the evaluation of a redesigned and redeveloped laboratory-based cell biology course. The course was a compulsory element of the biology program, but the laboratory had become outdated and was inadequately equipped. With the support of a faculty-based teaching improvement project, the teaching team redesigned the course and re-equipped the laboratory, using a more learner-centered, constructivist approach.