Resident perspective

nation; collectively, we represent all family medicine residents in Canada. Our mandate is to improve the quality of the family medicine residency experience and to have a positive effect on the delivery of health care to Canadians.1 As a section of the CFPC, we believe that there is an unmet need within family medicine train-ing in the area of global health. As such, the goal of this paper is to advocate for the implementation of a well-supported global health curriculum from which both family medicine residents and patients will benefit. Delivering care from a global health perspective is necessary for physicians and health care providers. Global health refers to a broad spectrum of health issues encoun-tered by physicians worldwide. Acknowledgment of its importance in helping us learn to provide quality care fo