1. Farhan Bhanji Associate Director, Assessment May 30th 2016
Competence Committees A critical step in the move to Competency Based Medical Education?
Farhan Bhanji
Associate Director, Assessment
May 30th 2016

2. What is a Competence Committee?
Med/surg/path/diagnostic/FM
CBD?

3. Role of the Competence Committee?
Provides a periodic resident performance review
Occurs at each stage of training
Aim to provide robust and transparent process
Ensure ALL learners achieve requirements of the discipline
Synthesis and review of quantitative and qualitative assessment data
Provide recommendations for future learning activities
CBME is about …
Meeting societal needs by evolving to higher level of performance
Meeting the expectation and changing needs of the patient/population and health system
Demonstrate and apply knowledge according to the highest standards for specialty medicine
Standardization of outcomes
Measurable outcomes
Focuses on learners developmental needs
The full continuum – practice-based continuous learning and improvement in all domains and CanMEDS roles
Text on this slide is adapted from a definition published in an article about CBME by Royal College scholars (Frank, Snell, Dath, Sherbino etc.)
This definition has been adapted widely, shows we have leadership in this field

4. Role of the Competence Committee?
Make decisions on:
Progressing from one stage to the next
Review individual learning programs (and monitor)
Readiness for RC exams
Readiness for unsupervised practice
Guided by a National Competency Framework
CBME is about …
Meeting societal needs by evolving to higher level of performance
Meeting the expectation and changing needs of the patient/population and health system
Demonstrate and apply knowledge according to the highest standards for specialty medicine
Standardization of outcomes
Measurable outcomes
Focuses on learners developmental needs
The full continuum – practice-based continuous learning and improvement in all domains and CanMEDS roles
Text on this slide is adapted from a definition published in an article about CBME by Royal College scholars (Frank, Snell, Dath, Sherbino etc.)
This definition has been adapted widely, shows we have leadership in this field

5. How would you build a Competence Committee?
Membership? Who? Size?
Chair?
Meeting frequency?
Role of resident in their own learning
CBME is about …
Meeting societal needs by evolving to higher level of performance
Meeting the expectation and changing needs of the patient/population and health system
Demonstrate and apply knowledge according to the highest standards for specialty medicine
Standardization of outcomes
Measurable outcomes
Focuses on learners developmental needs
The full continuum – practice-based continuous learning and improvement in all domains and CanMEDS roles
Text on this slide is adapted from a definition published in an article about CBME by Royal College scholars (Frank, Snell, Dath, Sherbino etc.)
This definition has been adapted widely, shows we have leadership in this field

6. Thank you!