Smoothing the Transition Points in Canadian Medical Education

Nick Busing¹, Jay Rosenfield, Kamal Rungta+7

• ¹N. Busing was project lead, Future of Medical Education in Canada Postgraduate Project, and is former president and CEO, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. J. Rosenfield was co-chair, Future of Medical Education in Canada Postgraduate Project Transitions Implementation Committee, and is professor of paediatrics and former vice dean, MD program, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. K. Rungta was co-chair, Future of Medical Education in Canada Postgraduate Project Transitions Implementation Committee, and is clinical professor of psychiatry, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. M. Raegele was project coordinator, Future of Medical Education in Canada Postgraduate Project Implementation Project, and works at the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A. Warren is associate dean for postgraduate medical education, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, and a pediatric cardiologist, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. B. Wright is regional associate dean, Island Medical Program, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and head, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. M. Walton is associate dean of faculty affairs and former assistant dean of postgraduate medical education, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, and a pediatric surgeon, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I. Oandasan is director of education, College of Family Physicians of Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and a practicing family physician, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A. Sanfilippo is associate dean of undergraduate medical education and professor of medicine, Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. A. Saxena is associate dean of postgraduate medical education, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, and a practicing hematopathologist, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.