An international course for faculty development in family medicine: the Slovenian model.

An international course in Family Medicine has been held annually in Slovenia for the past 7 years. This paper describes the philosophy, content and methods of the course and discusses its impact. The course is centred around the preparation of a teaching module exploring the central themes of Family Medicine. Course methods include individual assignments prior to the course, keynote lectures to introduce the course topic, small group sessions to prepare a teaching module and ®eldwork to test the module in practice. The output of the course has found application in undergraduate courses, vocational training and continuing medical education in several countries. This course design is recommended for faculty development in other settings.