title: Design and Implementation of a Competency-Based Transfusion Medicine Training Program in Canada.
abstract: Transfusion medicine training in Canada is currently undergoing a transformation from a time- and process-based curriculum to a competency-based medical education framework. Transfusion medicine is the first accredited postgraduate medical education training program in Canada to adopt a purely competency-based curriculum. It is serving as an example for a number of other postgraduate medical training programs undergoing a similar transition. The purpose of this review is to highlight the elements of competency-based medical education, describe its application to transfusion medicine training, and report on the development and implementation of the new transfusion medicine curriculum in Canada.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Canadian Blood Services, Ancaster, ON, Canada. Electronic address: michelle.zeller@medportal.ca.
authors.forename: Michelle P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Zeller
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Electronic address: sherbino@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sherbino
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Memorial University, St John's, NL, Canada. Electronic address: lwhitman@mun.ca.
authors.forename: Lucinda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Whitman
authors.affiliation: Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: Robert.skeate@blood.ca.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Skeate
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Canadian Blood Services, Ancaster, ON, Canada. Electronic address: arnold@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Donald M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D064826:Transfusion Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends
keywords: Competency-based; Medical education; Transfusion medicine