Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Current
    • Published Ahead of Print
    • Archive
    • Supplemental Issues
    • Collections - French
    • Collections - English
  • Info for
    • Authors & Reviewers
    • Submit a Manuscript
    • Advertisers
    • Careers & Locums
    • Subscribers
    • Permissions
  • About CFP
    • About CFP
    • About the CFPC
    • Editorial Advisory Board
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
  • Feedback
    • Feedback
    • Rapid Responses
    • Most Read
    • Most Cited
    • Email Alerts
  • Blogs
    • Latest Blogs
    • Blog Guidelines
    • Directives pour les blogues
  • Mainpro+ Credits
    • About Mainpro+
    • Member Login
    • Instructions
  • Other Publications
    • http://www.cfpc.ca/Canadianfamilyphysician/
    • https://www.cfpc.ca/Login/
    • Careers and Locums

User menu

  • My alerts

Search

  • Advanced search
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
  • Other Publications
    • http://www.cfpc.ca/Canadianfamilyphysician/
    • https://www.cfpc.ca/Login/
    • Careers and Locums
  • My alerts
The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Current
    • Published Ahead of Print
    • Archive
    • Supplemental Issues
    • Collections - French
    • Collections - English
  • Info for
    • Authors & Reviewers
    • Submit a Manuscript
    • Advertisers
    • Careers & Locums
    • Subscribers
    • Permissions
  • About CFP
    • About CFP
    • About the CFPC
    • Editorial Advisory Board
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
  • Feedback
    • Feedback
    • Rapid Responses
    • Most Read
    • Most Cited
    • Email Alerts
  • Blogs
    • Latest Blogs
    • Blog Guidelines
    • Directives pour les blogues
  • Mainpro+ Credits
    • About Mainpro+
    • Member Login
    • Instructions
  • RSS feeds
  • Follow cfp Template on Twitter
StoryBlog Post

Teaching Beyond the Books: Inspired to Be Great

Leah Sinai
February 01, 2019

Completing my CaRMS application was a challenging process, but it also gave me the chance to reflect on my medical school journey and those who have played a major role in the physician I have become. In family medicine, a preceptor’s first priority is to teach clinical reasoning, procedural skills and compassionate patient interaction so their students can be goodphysicians. The teachers that stand out in my mind are the ones that taught beyond the book knowledge, and who taught me to be great. They cared about who I am as a person because this influences how I learn and what I want my future as a physician to look like. To these exceptional teachers, I say thank you.

Thank you to my strong female preceptor who taught me how to be committed to your patients but also to your family, children and your own interests.

Thank you to my long-standing family medicine mentor who taught me that your career can be composed of many unique dimensions, and a positive clinic environment with lots of coffee is the key to looking forward to work every day. 

Thank you to all the local family physicians who took time out of their busy schedules to participate in Family Medicine Interest Group events and inspired the next generation of family physicians.

Thank you to the enthusiastic members of the Section of Teachers for your welcoming and passionate conversations as we worked towards recognizing teachers and celebrating 40 years of teaching excellence.   

 There is a strong theme of teaching and education within family medicine, and this is one of the most attractive aspect of family medicine in my eyes.  We are teachers to our patients, residents, medical students, and colleagues every day.  As I transition to residency, my identity in medical education will change.  I will still be a learner, but now also a teacher.  I will soon have medical students looking to me for guidance and instruction.  My teachers have motivated me to pursue a career in academic family medicine in hopes of becoming a mentor and role model to these students.  As a teacher in the future, I will never forget the intangible “beyond the book” lessons I received, because these are just as valuable to me as physiology and pharmacology lectures.  And at the end of the day, these “beyond the book” conversations are the lessons that have inspired me to be not just good, but great.

Leah Sinai is a 4th year medical student at Western University, and a recipient of the CFPC Medical Student Scholarship.  She has been a member of the Section of Medical Students and the medical student representative on the Section of Teachers.


Copyright © 2019 The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Collections

  • Featured Content
  • Free
Download PDF
Share
Teaching Beyond the Books: Inspired to Be Great
Leah Sinai
February 01, 2019
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo CiteULike logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
Email Blog Post

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on The College of Family Physicians of Canada.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Teaching Beyond the Books: Inspired to Be Great
(Your Name) has sent you a message from The College of Family Physicians of Canada
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the The College of Family Physicians of Canada web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Blog Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Navigate

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Archive
  • Collections - English
  • Collections - Française

For Authors

  • Authors and Reviewers
  • Submit a Manuscript
  • Permissions
  • Terms of Use

General Information

  • About CFP
  • About the CFPC
  • Advertisers
  • Careers & Locums
  • Editorial Advisory Board
  • Subscribers

Journal Services

  • Email Alerts
  • Twitter
  • RSS Feeds

Copyright © 2023 by The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Powered by HighWire