February 2018
Canadian visit -KIMS
- The consultation team had been tasked with assessing the current state of the program with respect to the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s family medicine standards.
- Our Canadian visitors were impressed with the leadership of Dr. Huda Al Duwaisan, Dr. Deena Al Dhubaib, trainers, committees, evaluation reports of WPBA, all documentations as well as exposure of residents to different hospital fields, clinics and training the trainer.
- They gave a full report detailing the visit and the program strengths and weaknesses
Highlights of
2018 Achievements
Train the Trainer
New committees
A new hierarchy was established in 2018 with the following newly founded committees:
- Scientific committee
- Postgraduate committee
- Recruitment Committee
- Quality Assurance Sub-Committee (under the WPBA)
The Work Place Based Assessment
WPBA Committee
WPBA committee introduced an award system to the Family Medicine Residency Program.
o This is part of positive reinforcement to give the residents encouragement and keep them motivated.
o The awards will be given annually in January and the nominees will be selected in November/December from the previous academic year.
Applications
For the first time, 50 residents have been accepted into the Residency program and will start in Oct 2018.
Social Media
A Logo was selected, and a twitter and an instagram page were started in 2018 (@kfmrp83).
Calendar
A calendar for the Family Medicine Residency Program was done for the first time including all activities, meetings, and workshops.
Workshops
Scientific committee suggested the following workshops according to the trainers needs:
- Reflection Workshop in March 2018.
- “Writing the AKT and MCQ exam modules” and “Standard Setting for AKT exam” in Sep 2018.
One Day Study Courses
We introduced new courses regarding safety to the ‘One Day Study Course’ for the academic year 2018/2019 due to the subject’s importance.
Guidelines
General guidelines for death certificate and home visit were done so that each resident knows their job description.
Audit Project was reviewed and the following recommendations were applied:
o A unified cover letter for the audit paper.
o Candidates will submit audit papers directly to the WPBA committee, instead of the board director office.
o All audit results will be placed on excel sheets with their corresponding candidates names to ensure easy accessibility of the results.
o A list of recommended audit topics will be annually updated and forwarded to the candidates in each clinical audit study course to ensure the variety of projects.
o A database will be established for all approved audits. A PDF of the approved audits will be saved to the database with an appropriate index system.
Fields Visit
Scheduled fields visit to Family Medicine training centers and hospitals were carried out and any center/hospital not meeting the criteria were removed.
WONCA
The residents of the Family Medicine Training Program had a valid part in both organizing and speaking at the WONCA conference that was held in March 2018.
Review Course
The 3rd family Medicine Review course that was held in May 2018. This course was fully organized and carried out by the residents.
New policies
New policies were established for ODSC, small group and WPBA, etc. were done to improve quality of work.
Highlights of
2019 Achievements
e-Learning
E-Learning Committee was established
The Program Director visited the UK Royal College of General Practitioners, they have agreed for the accreditation of the program and the body of training. The accreditation to the body of training is a first for the KFMRP.
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee suggested the following workshops according to the trainer’s needs:
o E-learning capacity building April 10 2019
o Kuwait family medicine SS case writers workshop 9 June 2019
o Kuwait family medicine SS examiners workshop 10 June 2019
o Assessing difficult cases in the SS – including Physical Examination June 2019.
Applications
For the first time, 60 candidates have been accepted into the Residency program and will start in Oct 2019.
Academic Day
We introduced new courses regarding E- learning to the ‘One Day Study Course’ for the academic year 2019/2020
Life Support Policy
Implementing a life support certification policy starting from the academic year 2019/2020. It is to be done in R2 and R4, in order to produce competent future family physicians.
Review Course
The 4th Family Medicine Review course that was held in April 2019, which was fully organized and carried out by the residents.
Reflection
A Reflection was implemented as a teaching tool to develop residents’ capacities
New Training Centers
o New accredited clinics were added to the training centers:
- Alsalam clinic (Hawali Health Area)
- Jaber Al Mubarak Clinic (Farwaniyah)
- Al Rehab Clinic (Farwaniyah Health Area)
o Clinics with potential trainers:
- Ashbilia Clinic (Hawali Health Area)
- West Mishref (Hawali Health Area)
Highlights of
2020 Achievements
Curriculum
Walkathon
Planned and carried out The Family Medicine Steps Race, in November 2020- a virtual walkathon intended in the same spirit as the First Family Medicine Walkathon but with a new design to allow for social distancing in light of the continuing pandemic.
Wellness-wellbeing committee
Established in June 2020. Its purpose is to develop, deliver, evaluate and sustain a comprehensive wellness program, dedicated to the residents’ overall health and wellbeing. It aims to promote a healthy work and life balance both in and outside of work by addressing how residents deal with burnout, depression and stress.
Highlights of
2021 Achievements
Train the Trainer
RCGP Workshops
- Curriculum Review, Gap analysis, and future priorities
- Enhancing learning through assessment; optimization of WPBA
- Basics of Research workshop
Highlights of
2022 Achievements
Portal System
Learning Tools
New teaching forms (DOPS, Residents’ prescribing assessment form/reflection form, Joint consultation logbook, case based discussion report, problem case discussion report, random case analysis, clinical examination evaluation form, prescribing assessment for trainers) were introduced to trainers and residents in the academic year 2022.
Part II Exam
As part of the new agreement with the RCGP, Part II exam was changed to AKT and SS exam and the MEQ part of the exam was replaced by WPBA assessment, these changes were introduced to the batch of 2021 and will be implemented in the 2025 part II exam.
