Competency-based medical education and continuing professional development: A conceptualization for change

Medical Teacher

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 617-622

  Lockyer, Jocelyn ^a   Bursey, Ford ^b   Richardson, Denyse ^c,d   Frank, Jason R ^d,f   Snell, Linda ^d,e   Campbell, Craig ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CERTIFICATION; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WORKPLACE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 85020679878     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2017.1315064     Document Type: Article

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