Department of Family Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

Current Residents


Helpful tools and information

We're committed to keeping you up to date with important information about the department. Forms, policies and other resources at your fingertips. Need information on electives or exam preparation? You've come to the right place.
 

Resident Resources

Chief Resident

Completing Field Notes

Electives

Family Medicine Resident Education Symposium

  • The Family Medicine Resident Education SIMposium is scheduled for August 19 - 21, 2026. 

Family Medicine Resident Objective Book

2025 Family Medicine Resident Objective Book [PDF - 3.1 MB]

2024 Family Medicine Resident Objective Book [PDF - 2.7 MB]

2023 Family Medicine Resident Objective Book [PDF - 2.61 MB]

Forms

Moonlighting

PGME Policies

Please see the PGME Policies, Guidelines and Resources for all Dalhousie Postgraduate Medicine Education learners, including the following:

  • Accommodation Policy
  • Appeal and Reconsideration Regulations
  • Assessment of Training and Promotion Regulations
  • Essential Skills and Abilities
  • Fatigue Risk Management Guidelines
  • Infectious Diseases & Immunization Policy
  • Medical Learner Mistreatment Policy
  • Policy for Pregnant Residents
  • Professionalism Policy
  • Public Health Emergencies and Mass Casualty Events Guideline
  • Removal of Learners from/Reinstatement to a Teaching Services
  • Resident Safety Policy
  • Residency Program Transfer Guidelines
  • Wellness Guidelines for Postgraduate Medicine

Policies - Procedures - Guidelines

 

Resident Projects

Resident Project Coordinators

 
Annapolis Valley
 Dr. Chris Stone

chrisstone2929@gmail.com
Cape Breton
 Dr. Trevor Guy

drtrevorguy@gmail.com
Fredericton
 Dr. Julie Easley

julie.easley@horizonnb.ca
Halifax
 Dr. Fiona Bergin
Dr. Ruth Lavergne		 fiona.bergin@dal.ca
ruth.lavergne@dal.ca
Miramichi

 Dr. Evan Slaney eps073@mun.ca
Moncton
 Dr. Abhishek Shrestha

Abhishek.Shrestha2@HorizonNB.ca
North Nova
 Dr. Justin Blaauwendraat

justin.blaauwendraat@gmail.com
Prince Edward Island
 Dr. Jim Thompson

jim.thompson@dal.ca
Saint John
 Dr. Alyssa Fenwick (BeLong)

al993348@dal.ca
Saint John FM/EM
 Dr. Kavish Chandra

kavish.p.chandra@Dal.Ca
South West Nova
 Ms. Stephanie Welton

swelton@dal.ca

Transfers


Exam Preparation

At the Department of Family Medicine, we're dedicated to working with you throughout the program to ensure your successful completion of the certification exam.

Evidence-Based Medicine

Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is taught in the first year of the program. The focus of this component of the curriculum is to ensure that you are comfortable finding, critiquing and integrating information from the medical literature. These objectives are taught through didactic lectures that cover the basics you need to critically review journal articles, as well as informal reviews in a journal club setting. Throughout first year, you'll acquire the necessary skills to critically appraise articles for use in your resident research projects.

Simulated Office Orals

The college exams reflect the knowledge base you'll acquire through your training, particularly with respect to developing an effective approach to patient-centred clinical method

You'll be given multiple practice exams and receive individualized feedback, as well as a video of your encounters. You'll also benefit from the opportunity to examine and mark other residents. This exercise will help ensure that you fully understand the marking system used in the college oral examinations.

Written Examinations

You'll be encouraged to read appropriate evidence-based material and will be given suitable resources to do so. The teaching unit, the hospital and the family medicine preceptors all have a family medicine library. Internet access to material can be obtained through the resource centre associated with the teaching unit and through our preceptors' offices. The curriculum provided throughout the program is an overview of family medicine. Sample exam questions are also available in the resource centre.