Residents prepare for switch to competency-based medical education Beginning in 2017, medical residents training in Canadian teaching hospitals will be part of the biggest transformational change in medical education since 1910, when Sir William Osler introduced the residency training model still in use today. The change will signal a shift away from “time-based” residency programs to a “competency-based” model, and will eventually cover all 78 specialties governed by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Family physicians will also be included. “Our current residency programs are weighted toward ‘knowledge’ and that’s not enough,” says Dr. Jason Frank, director of specialty education with the Royal College. Read more in CMAJ
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:24:49 +0000