Competence Committees
Competence Committees play an integral part of the CBD framework. They include committed faculty members who may or may not also be part of the Residency Program Committee. There can also be external members, e.g. physicians from other, but related, departments or allied health care workers. Program Administrators are also key members who keep the committee organized with all of the tracking and documentation.
Each resident must be reviewed at a minimum of twice per year. CCs will review each resident's progress in terms of achievement of EPAs and other assessment components that can include in-training evaluation/assessment reports (ITERs or ITARs), end of rotation evaluations, OSCEs, standardized test results, peer evaluations, academic half day attendance, research or scholarly activities, teaching activities, or multisource feedback or 360 evaluations.
By the end of each meeting, residents are deemed:
- Progressing as expected
- Progress is accelerated
- Not progressing as expected
- Failure to progress
- Inactive
The duration of CC meetings varies across programs, from 1 hour to an all-day meeting.
CCs also determine if the resident can progress to the next stage of training:
- Transition to Discipline
- Foundations of Discipline
- Core of Discipline
- Transition to Practice
CCs make suggestions as to when the resident is exam eligible and certification eligible for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Overall, the Residency Program Committee (RPC) must ratify the suggestions put forth by the CC.
More implementation and information for all Program Directors, Program CBME Leads, Competence Committee members, or Program Administrators can be found in the Competence Committee Materials on the left side menu under Implementation.
