The competency driven curriculum places great emphasis on the acquisition of a pre-defined set of knowledge, skills, attitude and values that would allow the learner to become a physician of first contact in the community. Traditional summative assessment is not sufficient to ensure that the learner has indeed acquired requisite competencies. A formative process that documents the progression of the learner in acquisition of competencies by him or her therefore becomes a necessary and integral tool. As defined, the logbook is a verified record of the progression of the learner documenting the acquisition of requisite knowledge, skills, attitude and/or competencies. The logbook this is an academic document that becomes both a snapshot of the progress of the learner as well as prerequisite for progression to the next phase of learning or graduation from the course.