Fitness-for-purpose of the CanMEDS competencies for workplace-based assessment in General Practitioner's Training: a Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In view of the exponential use of the CanMEDS framework along with the lack of rigorous evidence about its applicability in workplace-based medical trainings, further exploring is necessary before accepting the framework as accurate and reliable competency outcomes for postgraduate medical trainings. Therefore, this study investigated whether the CanMEDS key competencies could be used, first, as outcome measures for assessing trainees' competence in the workplace, and second, as consistent outcome measures across different training settings and phases in a postgraduate General Practitioner's (GP) Training.

Methods

In a three-round web-based Delphi study, a panel of experts (n = 25-43) was asked to rate on a 5-point Likert scale whether the CanMEDS key competencies

SUBMITTER: Andreou V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067520 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature