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This material maybe reproducedin full for educational, personal, and non-commercial use only, with attribution provided according to the citation information below. For all other uses permission must be acquired from the College of Family Physicians of Canada.  \nSuggested citation: Crichton T, Schultz K, Lawrence K, Donoff M, Laughlin T, Brailovsky C, Bethune C, van der Goes T, Dhillon K, Pélissier-Simard L, Ross S, HawrylyshynS, Potter M. Assessment Objectivesfor Certification in Family Medicine. Mississauga, ON: College of Family Physicians of Canada; 2020  \nContents  \nContents.................................................................................................................................. 2  \nPreface to the Second Edition .................................................................................................... 1  \nExecutive Summary .................................................................................................................. 6  \nPart I—The evaluation objectives: what are they, where do they come from, and how can they be used? ....................................................................................................................................... 8  \nPart II—Essential Skills, Themes, and Observable Behaviours .....................................................30  \nPart III: Priority Topics and Key Features .................................................................................57  \nAppendices ........................................................................................................................... 172  \nPreface to the Second Edition  \nSimilar to the first edition, this second edition of the document formerly titled Defining Competencefor the Purposes of Certification by the College of Family Physicians of Canada: Evaluation Objectives in Family Medicine describes the essential skills and observable competencies that are expected from residents atthe end of their training, and as such, serves as a major guide to both in-training assessment and the content of the Certification Examination.  \nThe original version of the document 1, published in 2010, was envisioned as a living document that would be updated and enhanced to respond to the evolving nature of family medicine practice. The Working Group on the Certification Process 2, which evolved into the Certification Process and Assessment Committee (CPAC)3, was tasked with the continuous maintenance of the document.  \nTo minimize disruption on family medicine programs and residents, several updates made overthe last five years have been coalesced and are all being released in this new edition.  \nThe following changes and additions were made in this second edition:  \n1. Renaming the document Assessment Objectivesfor Certification in Family Medicine in English (The French name remains unchanged). This change reflects usage in English medical education literature, where training programs are evaluated for their efficacy, but individuals in those programs are assessed for competence.  \n2. Six new priority topics. The decision to add these new topics is based on responses to the 2014 validation survey, sent to 2,000 practicing family physicians across the country. Thus, we have grown from 99 to 105 priority topics, which now include: Chronic Pain, Heart Failure, Pain, Rash, Renal Failure, and Shortness of Breath.  \n3. Updated key features for 16 existing mental health related priority topics based on work completed by the Working Group on the Assessment of Competence in Mental Health4. Priority Topic name Substance Abuse was changed to Substance Use and Addiction, following a change in terminology.  \n4. Changed French translation for 8 priority topic names, based on changes in terminology and/or updates to their key features.  \n5. 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