Teaching Family Medicine demands teaching competencies expected by the society that extend beyond teaching facts and skills. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognizes the importance of family medicine/primary care in its 2008 report; ‘primary care brings promotion and prevention, cure and care together in a safe, effective and socially productive way at the interface between the population and the health system’. WHO emphasizes patient centred care by "putting people first since good care is about people"[
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10]. As family medicine is based on patient centred care, patient’s expectations become very important. According to a customer survey conducted by St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, the most important attributes of a good doctor in order of significance includes; "caring, responsibility, empathy, interest, concern, competence, knowledge, confidence, sensitivity, perceptiveness, diligence, availability and manual skills"[
1]. Dr Charles Boelen at the WHO (1993) defined family physicians/GP’s as "five star doctors" who can fulfil five essential functions; "assess and improve quality of care by responding to the patients total health needs, make optimal use of new technologies, promote healthy life-style, record individual and community health requirements and work efficiently in a team"[
1]. Jhone Murtagh 2001 has proposed 10 guiding rules for a good GP; "developing rapport and good communication skills, asking the right question, be astute and observant, develop optimal ethical and professional standards, having a fail-safe diagnostic strategy, developing supportive network, knowing essential therapeutics, developing basic procedural skills, being well prepared for emergencies and knowing yourself and your limitations"[
1]. Producing this ‘good doctor’ is a challenge for medical educators. The system of medical education in a country could be revised and modified to fulfil the need of that society[
11]. Undergraduate and postgraduate courses should have reciprocal contributions, shared modules, for teaching undergraduates and training registrars[
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Family Physicians are community based, skilled clinicians; serving a defined population, based on doctor patient relationships (CanMED competencies) The doctor patient relationship expects the competencies as a communicator, collaborator, and a professional. Skilled clinician refers to being an expert,, a communicator and a scholar. Skills in collaboration, management and advocacy become essential for a community based practice. As family physicians are resources to a defined population their competencies as a collaborator, manager, advocate and a scholar become valuable. Theses competencies will add on to the qualities of a good doctor[
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