It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint: Rapid Evaluation of Competency-Based Medical Education Program Implementation

Andrew K Hall1, Jessica Rich, J Damon Dagnone

  • 1A.K. Hall is associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and clinician educator, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1227-5397. J. Rich is research associate, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-559X. J.D. Dagnone is associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, and CBME faculty lead, Postgraduate Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: http://orcid.org/000-0001-6963-7948. K. Weersink is a resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-3172. J. Caudle is assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. J. Sherbino is professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, and assistant dean, Health Professions Education Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. J.R. Frank is director, Specialty Education, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and associate professor and director, Educational Research and Development, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6076-0146. G. Bandiera is professor, Department of Medicine, and associate dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. E. Van Melle is senior education scientist, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and adjunct faculty, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Summary

Implementing competency-based medical education (CBME) requires iterative evaluation and sustained effort. Rapid evaluation identified challenges in assessment and feedback, highlighting the need for continuous faculty and resident development for successful cultural change.

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