• Melissa Nutik, Nicole N Woods, Azadeh Moaveni, James Owen, Jared Gleberzon, Ruby Alvi, and Risa Freeman.
• Undergraduate Education Lead in the Office of Education Scholarship and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) at the University of Toronto in Ontario. Melissa.Nutik@sinaihealth.ca.
• Can Fam Physician. 2021 May 1; 67 (5): 357-363.

Problem Being AddressedMedical schools aim to integrate the values of generalism into their undergraduate programs. However, currently no program has been described to measure the degree to which formal curricular materials represent generalist principles.Objective Of ProgramTo quantify the generalism principles present in undergraduate medical education learning materials and to provide recommendations to enhance generalism content.Program DescriptionA review of the literature and accreditation documents was conducted to identify key elements of medical generalism. An evidence-informed tool, the Toronto Generalism Assessment Tool, was developed and applied to the new preclerkship undergraduate cases at the University of Toronto in Ontario. The findings regarding the presence of generalism principles and recommendations to enhance generalism content were provided to case developers. The recommendations were valued and were incorporated into subsequent iterations of the cases.ConclusionThis is the first report of a successful evidence-informed program to assess the degree of generalism reflected in undergraduate medical education curricular documents. This program can be used by other institutions wishing to review their curricula through a generalist lens.Copyright© the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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