Notes for the Primary Care Teachers: What do we Hope to Achieve in Family Practice Training and How: A brief look at the current trends in medical education.

For new teachers and mentors in family practice, you are embarking on a career (part time or fulltime) that is both challenging and rewarding. You may be at a loss as to how to start to become a good teacher or mentor. Understanding that need, this new series of short notes will hopefully provide some tips on specific areas of concern like how to prepare a tutorial, to give feedback, mentoring and touch on various teaching and assessments methods available.