• Jane Ridley, Amanda Ischayek, Vinita Dubey, and Karl Iglar.
• Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario and a staff physician at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
• Can Fam Physician. 2016 Apr 1; 62 (4): 307313307-13.

ObjectiveTo describe updates to the Preventive Care Checklist Form© to help family physicians stay up to date with current preventive health care recommendations.Quality Of EvidenceThe Ovid MEDLINE database was searched using specified key words and other terms relevant to the periodic health examination. Secondary sources, such as the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Trip database, and the Canadian Medical Association Infobase, were also searched. Recommendations for preventive health care for average-risk adults were reviewed. Strong and weak recommendations are presented on the form in bold and italic text, respectively.Main MessageUpdates were made to the form based on the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommendations on screening for obesity (2015), cervical cancer (2013), depression (2013), osteoporosis (2013), hypertension (2012), diabetes (2012, 2013), and breast cancer (2011). Updates were made based on recommendations from other Canadian organizations on screening for HIV (2013), screening for sexually transmitted infections (2013), immunizations (2012 to 2014), screening for dyslipidemia (2012), fertility counseling for women (2011, 2012), and screening for colorectal cancer (2010). Some previous recommendations were removed and others lacking evidence were not included.ConclusionThe Preventive Care Checklist Form has been updated with current recommendations to enable family physicians to provide comprehensive, evidence-based care to patients during periodic health examinations.Copyright© the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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