This is a guide to some of the basic concepts and terminology of Competency Based Medical Education. Updated January 2019

Academic Coaches are asked to complete a Summary Report after each of the more formally arranged meetings with a resident.

Powerpoint of the second Academic Coaching Training Session that was hosted on August 2021.

Powerpoint of the first Academic Coaching Training Session that was hosted on June 2021.

Resources from the Academic Coaching Workshop that was hosted on May 27th, 2020.

Document to assist Program Directors in CBD to develop an assessment plan.

Link to a website that displays a series of modifiable teaching tools organized by CanMEDS Role.

These modules are designed to prepare residency teachers (faculty, senior learners, and other health care professionals) at McMaster for the transition to a competency-based model of residency education.

Executive Summary

October 2024

Template for programs to use, adapt, and modify to help prepare their faculty for Competence by Design.

Includes section on curriculum mapping

This infographic describes the residents progression through the various stages of learning in CBD

Suggest Guidelines for an Academic Coach. Developed March 2018

View the first Webinar of the CBME Annual Retreat 2020. Video - October 14, 2020

Video - October 19, 2020

Video - October 23, 2020

View the CBME Coaching, Monitoring, and Feedback: Working through the thorns and tangles webinar. Recorded June 18, 2020

November 2020

Update #5 November 2022

The CBME Learner Development Committee and the Resident Subcommittee have put together some resources to help orientate you to the world of Competency by Design (CBD).

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Developed May 2018

January 23, 2019

September 2024 update

Search the resource directory from the The College of Family Physicians Canada website. Updated March 2022.

2019-04-02

Letter to the Resident

Developed by the Department of Pediatrics

Developed October 2017 (under revision 04/23)

Developed June 2018

Updated August 2022

April 19, 2023

December 2022

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Google slides

Developed April 2018

The purpose of the Enhanced Education Plan (EEP) is to provide a framework to address repeated deficiencies found in one or more competencies across several training experiences. The goal is to develop a formal plan to address areas requiring improvement where gaps in progression have been identified.

December 2021

October 2024

This document has been created to provide a brief overview of EPAs and how they are used in Medical Education

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

This document display the 5 core components of CBME based on Van Melle's Framework.

July 2020

April 2018

August 2019

This guide goes over the Foundations of Discipline Stage of Training lays the groundwork of knowledge and skills necessary to practice psychiatry, including management of relevant medical presentations and further building of psychiatric assessment skills, development of differentials, implementation of management plans for patients of low to medium complexity and performing risk assessments. Application of critical appraisal skills & presentation of relevant medical literature is also fostered.

This guide goes over the The Transition to Discipline Stage of Training which will provide residents with an orientation to our program, the university, and the local health care system. It will also provide a review and assessment of the basic skills required to begin residency training in Psychiatry.

Published April 7, 2020

2019-06-17

Presented September 2019

Presented September 2019

Presented September 2019

Presented September 2019

Presented September 2019

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

2019-11-07

Updated February 2022

June 26, 2020

July 23, 2020

December 2021

Recorded November 2020

Recorded November 2020

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Use this at a glance listing of materials to help orient you in your role.

Recorded February 2020

Recorded June 2020

Recorded June 2020

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Developed by the Department of Pediatrics

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

A Probation Plan is a formal document developed by the Program Director/Program Committee and Competence Committee outlining the performance difficulties the trainee is required to correct, clinical and academic resources, assessment and monitoring, and specific outcomes to be achieved. Trainee input is required in the development of the Probation Plan

This checklist is designed as a template to assist Program Administrators as they move through the continuum of change in the implementation of Competence by Design (CBD).

This is a high-level overview for Program Directors / CBD Leads to use as a guide as you transition your program to Competence by Design

Updated December 2021

Various resources recommended by stage of transition

An Introduction to Competence Committees Webinar from the Royal College. June 9, 2020

Sept 2022

The CBD Coaching Model is part of an important philosophical shift in thinking about assessment and its purpose. The Royal College has developed a coaching model to support resident learning.

This document has been created to serve as a “cheat sheet” to CBD. It introduces concepts that can be explored further when time permits.

Spring 2020

October 2020

Findings from FMRQ, RCPSC 2019 studies.

Explore meaningful opportunities in practical steps to prepare your entire faculty or program.

Recording of the Coaching in CBD: What Clinical Teachers Need To Know About Coaching in 2020 Webinar Video - June 12, 2020

Sept 2022

Released September 2020

April 23, 2020

August 20, 2020

May 8, 2020

This module focuses specifically on entrustability and is designed to help you for example describe why entrustment anchor criteria are more effective than traditional performance rating scale anchors.

May 19, 2020

Sept 2022

May 27, 2020

June 26, 2020

June 2019

September 2020

September 2020

December 2022

December 2022

March 2019

The purpose of a remediation plan is to remedy identified ongoing deficiencies. Some remediation plans may include an extension of duration of training in a program. In such instances, review and approval is required by the Education Advisory Board and the Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education. The remediation plan should be designed by the program within four weeks of when the deficiency is identified.

A Royal College slide deck

Approved March 2020

This session is a high-level overview of all components of the CBME module including an overview of the EPA and Competence Committee Review Dashboards with a focus on triggering EPA assessment forms on both desktop and mobile versions of MedSIS. March 3, 2021

This session will focus on navigating the CBME module as a program director, competence committee member or academic coach with attention on utilizing the EPA dashboard, learner summary report and competence committee review dashboard. March 10, 2021

March 22, 2021

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Group of Teaching Scenario Videos by Deepak Dath. Updated December 2019.

October 2024

Dr. Robin Mackin, a General Pediatrician at Western University and former MacPeds graduate, shares her unique perspective of coaching from her experiences as an Olympic level athlete, resident, and more recently as a new faculty in these engaging podcasts: 'The Huddle: A Coaching Podcast for Medical Educators." Have a listen!

2018-06-11

2018-06-11

Updated June 2019

Shared by the Psychiatry Residency Program

Goes through a range of objectives such as Explanation the Role of the Academic Coach in our Program and the Intro to MedSIS Dashboard and Program Tracking Tools.

Published in June 2018

October 2024

October 2024