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Table 1 Examples of assessment tools incorporating multiple CanMEDS roles

From: Designing faculty development to support the evaluation of resident competency in the intrinsic CanMEDS roles: practical outcomes of an assessment of program director needs

Assessment tool

Competencies assesseda

Specialty

Encounter Cards/Logs

All roles

General Practice [34]; Emergency Medicine [35]

All roles except S

Surgery [36]

Field Notes

COM, M, ME

Family Medicine [37]

All roles

Obstetrics [38]

Multisource Feedback

All roles except HA

Internal Medicine [39]

Objective Structured Clinical Exam

All roles

Neonatal-perinatal [40]; Surgery [41]

COL, COM, HA, P

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology [42]

Objective Structured Performance-Related Exam

COL, COM, M, ME, P

Surgery [43]

Portfolios

All roles

Diagnostic Radiology [44]; Pediatrics [45]

Simulations

COL, COM, ME

Internal Medicine [46]

Structured Oral Exams

All roles

Neonatal-perinatal [47]

COM, HA, S

Internal Medicine [48]

  1. aCOL Collaborator, COM Communicator, HA Health Advocate, M Manager, ME Medical Expert, P Professional, S Scholar