Canadian Medical Education Directions for Specialists, (CanMEDS), is a Competency-based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum proposed by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) in 2015. Specifically, for family physicians education, the College of Family Physicians of Canada, (CFPC), proposed a similar curriculum CFPC - CanMEDS-FM Triple C (3C) Competency-based Curriculum.

CanMEDS Roles, Milestones (2015), Hot Topics

• 7 Roles > Key Competencies (ME 1 Level) > Enabling Competencies (ME 1.1 Level) > milestone(s) by EC by Stage (tab level) and can be aggregated to EPA for curriculum mapping on performance trends monitoring (followed by a letter noting streams)
  1. Medical Experts (ME) - Integrative role
  2. Communicator (COM)
  3. Collaborator (COL)
  4. Manager or Leader (L)
  5. Health Advocate (HA)
  6. Scholar (S)
  7. Professional (P)

SJTU-Ottawa: [[chinese_medical_student_perception_canmeds.pdf]]

Competencies, EPA, Milestones

• RCPSC CanMEDS Competencies Table
• RCPSC - EPA Guides
  • The EPA are tasks or activities, aggregating a set of of role milestones that are individuals' abilities per stages

Competency by Design (CBD) and Assessment

• What is CBD
  • [[royal_college_canmeds_cbd.pdf]]
• Workplace-Based Assessment
  • Clear Learning Objectives (EPA + Milestones introduced in 2015)
  • Resident observed > Observations documented
  • Committee review
• Stages of Training in place of the original PGYs (Competence Continuum)
  • (x-axis) for CanMEDS 2015 Framework (on the roles)
  • UGME Entry to Residency AFMC - 12 EPAs; PGME training <> discipline, different by Specialty
  • TD - Transition to Discipline
  • F - Foundations of Discipline
  • C - Core of Discipline: proposed RCPSC exam
  • TP - Transition to Practice: current RCPSC exam
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) - Continuing Medical Education
  • Maintenance of Competence (MOC) and Mainport
• Advanced Expertise
• Transition out of professional practice