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Defining competency-based evaluation objectives in family medicine

Dimensions of competence and priority topics for assessment

Tim Allen, Carlos Brailovsky, Paul Rainsberry, Katherine Lawrence, Tom Crichton, Marie-Pierre Carpentier and Shaun Visser
Canadian Family Physician September 2011; 57 (9) e331-e340;

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vol. 57 no. 9 e331-e340
PubMed 
21918130
Published By 
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
History 
  • Published online September 14, 2011.
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  1. Tim Allen, MD MA(Ed) MCFP(EM) FRCPC⇓
  1. Recently retired as Professor in the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine at Laval University in Quebec, and is Associate Director for Assessment at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Ottawa, Ont.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Tim Allen, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 774 Echo Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5N8; telephone 613 770-8177, extension 201; e-mail tim.allen{at}arul.ulaval.ca
  1. Carlos Brailovsky, MD MA(Ed) MCFP(Hon)
  1. Emeritus Professor at Laval University and a consultant in testing and assessment for the College of Family Physicians of Canada in Mississauga, Ont.
  1. Paul Rainsberry, PhD
  1. Associate Executive Director for Academic Family Medicine at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
  1. Katherine Lawrence, MD CCFP FCFP
  1. Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan and Chair-Elect of the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s Committee on Examinations in Family Medicine.
  1. Tom Crichton, MD CCFP FCFP
  1. Family physician with the City of Lakes Family Health Team in Sudbury, Ont, and Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Family Medicine with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
  1. Marie-Pierre Carpentier, MD CCFP(EM)
  1. Emergency physician at Montfort Hospital in Ottawa, and has been actively involved in the Certification process for family medicine and emergency medicine candidates at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
  1. Shaun Visser, MD CCFP(EM)
  1. Emergency physician at Montfort Hospital in Ottawa, and has been actively involved in the Certification process for family medicine and emergency medicine candidates at the College of Family Physicians of Canada
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Defining competency-based evaluation objectives in family medicine
Tim Allen, Carlos Brailovsky, Paul Rainsberry, Katherine Lawrence, Tom Crichton, Marie-Pierre Carpentier, Shaun Visser
Canadian Family Physician Sep 2011, 57 (9) e331-e340;
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