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Abstract
The shift to competency-based medical education (CBME) requires a new approach to program evaluation. CBME implementers need to embed evaluation in their programs to ensure their CBME adapts to the changing demands of the healthcare system. This 12 tips paper proposes that those advancing CBME use an improvement-oriented, utilization-focused approach to program evaluation. This will yield information that can help CBME implementers to continually examine the context, process and early outcomes of their programs. The paper uses examples from the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s (CFPC’s) evaluation of the implementation of the Triple C Competency-based curriculum in family medicine residency programs across Canada. These practical tips will be useful to medical educators looking to integrate evaluation into their CBME programs and to those considering other curriculum reform in health professions education.
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The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.
Acknowledgements
We thank Lorelei Nardi, Manager of the Education Evaluation and Research Unit at the College of Family Physicians of Canada, who provided support preparing this paper for submission.
Notes
1 Comprehensive care as defined by the CFPC’s Family Medicine Professional Profile is medical care for all people, ages, life stages, and presentations; for conditions both acute and chronic, and at all stages, from preventive to palliative care. Family physicians work across care settings and regulatory environments, including primary, emergency, home and long-term, hospital, and maternal/neonatal.
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Ivy Oandasan
Ivy Oandasan, MD, CCFP, MHSc, FCFP is an Academic Family Physician and Full Professor at the University of Toronto and Director of Education at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Liz Martin
Liz Martin, MA is a Credentialed Evaluator (CE) and Senior Consultant at Cathexis Consulting, Toronto.
Melissa McGuire
Melissa McGuire, LLB is a Credentialed Evaluator (CE) and Partner at Cathexis Consulting, Toronto.
Rochelle Zorzi
Rochelle Zorzi, MSc is a Credentialed Evaluator (CE) and Partner at Cathexis Consulting, Toronto.