Advancing Competency-Based Medical Education: A Charter for Clinician-Educators

Carol Carraccio¹, Robert Englander, Elaine Van Melle+6

• ¹C. Carraccio is vice president, Competency-Based Assessment, American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. R. Englander was senior director of competency-based learning and assessment, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, at the time this was written. E. Van Melle is education researcher, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and education scientist, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. O. ten Cate is professor of medical education and director, Center for Research and Development of Education, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands. J. Lockyer is senior associate dean-education and professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. M.-K. Chan is associate professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and clinician educator, CanMEDS & Faculty Development, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. J.R. Frank is director, Specialty Education, Strategy, and Standards, Office of Specialty Education, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and director of educational research and development, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. L.S. Snell is professor of medicine, Centre for Medical Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and senior clinician educator, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.