title: Designing faculty development to support the evaluation of resident competency in the intrinsic CanMEDS roles: practical outcomes of an assessment of program director needs.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada mandate that faculty members demonstrate they are evaluating residents on all CanMEDS (Canadian Medical Education Directions for Specialists) roles as part of the accreditation process. Postgraduate Medical Education at the University of Ottawa initiated a 5-year project to develop and implement a comprehensive system to assess the full spectrum of CanMEDS roles. This paper presents the findings from a needs assessment with Program Directors, in order to determine how postgraduate medical faculty can be motivated and supported to evaluate residents on the intrinsic CanMEDS roles.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with 60 Postgraduate Program Directors in the Faculty of Medicine. Transcribed interviews were analyzed using qualitative analysis. Once the researchers were satisfied the identified themes reflected the views of the participants, the data was assigned to categories to provide rich, detailed, and comprehensive information that would indicate what faculty need in order to effectively evaluate their residents on the intrinsic roles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings indicated faculty members need faculty development and shared point of care resources to support them with how to not only evaluate, but also teach, the intrinsic roles. Program Directors expressed the need to collaborate and share resources across departments and national specialty programs. Based on our findings, we designed and delivered workshops with companion eBooks to teach and evaluate residents at the point of care (Developing the Professional, Health Advocate and Scholar).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Identifying stakeholder needs is essential for designing effective faculty development. By sharing resources, faculties can prevent 'reinventing the wheel' and collaborate to meet the Colleges' accreditation requirements more efficiently.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada. innovationpgme@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Puddester
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, 145 Jean Jacques Lussier, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. cjmacdon@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Colla J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.affiliation: Research Consultancy, Ottawa, Canada. dclements@claremont.ca.
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clements
authors.affiliation: Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden. gaffney@uwindsor.ca.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaffney
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada. L.Wiesenfeld@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Lorne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wiesenfeld
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013192:Staff Development