CanMEDS What Works/Best Practices

ICRE’s What Works Track

The What Works track is a forum designed to help medical educators and residents share creative ideas on how to implement CanMEDS teaching and assessment methods and tools. Participants at the 2011 ICRE’s What Works paper and poster sessions presented and discussed the findings from educational research papers and innovative CanMEDS practices.

2011 ICRE-What Works Top 5 Paper Session

Winning abstract:

Observation of feedback by senior residents: Real time versus remote observation of feedback encounters;  I. Mazzetti, K. Dore, A. Burke, R. Hundal, Z. Kassam, S. Oczkowski, P. Wasi; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Other nominated papers:

• Patient education and reflective learning (PEaRL) module: Piloting a resident-driven patient education program
• CanMEDS retreat week for Internal Medicine residents in postgraduate year 1: Early exposure to the CanMEDS competencies through an annual faculty- and resident-led retreat
• Auditing a CanMEDS tool: Closing the teaching and learning loop
• Case-based learning (CBL) curriculum in postgraduate medical education: A novel method for implementing the CanMEDS Roles