Competency-based resident education-The Canadian perspective.
Kenneth A Harris, Markku T Nousiainen, Richard Reznick
Author Information
Kenneth A Harris: Office of Specialty Educations, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Electronic address: kharris@royalcollege.ca.
Markku T Nousiainen: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Richard Reznick: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kinsgton, ON, Canada.
Canada has been a leader in competency-based medical education for some years. Postgraduate training programs are typically 5 years in duration with opportunities to pursue 2-year subspecialty training after certification in a primary specialty. The introduction of competency-based models in Canada has progressed from a single orthopedic surgery training program at the University of Toronto through the adoption of competency-based medical education in 29 training programs at a single medical school, and the implementation across all 68 disciplines overseen by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. This article outlines the introduction of competency-based medical education in postgraduate medical education in Canada.
