Course Outcomes

1. Provide promotive, preventive, and curative care to address common health issues in the community using principles of family medicine.

2. Apply the principles of primary health care to understand the structure of healthcare delivery systems in Sri Lanka, including public and        private sectors.

3. Implement methods to improve equity, equality, and quality in primary care based on healthcare service needs.

4. Conduct screening, health promotion, and prevention programs at different levels of primary care.

5. Integrate health promotion strategies into primary care and using the protocols of Family Medicine for referrals and service utilization.

6. Integrate methods that strengthen the doctor-patient relationship seen in in Family Practice across different levels in primary care.

7. Demonstrate communication skills used in Family Practice to foster trust and understanding with patients, healthcare teams, and the public.

8. Demonstrate the transcribing of prescriptions, certificates, and clinical records.

9. Provide chronic illness management, utilizing community support systems, and home care

10. Apply continuity of care principles to meet the needs of terminal and palliative care patients.