Table 1.

Skills in competency categories identified as very important or somewhat important to develop by at least 75.0% of respondents

COMPETENCY CATEGORYSKILLS WITHIN COMPETENCY CATEGORIES IDENTIFIED AS VERY IMPORTANT OR SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT BY RESPONDENTS
Teaching and learning4 of 20 skills:

  • Teaching clinical reasoning skills

  • Teaching professionalism

  • Teaching communication skills

  • Teaching evidence-based medicine

Developing scholarly activity3 of 7 skills:

  • Writing articles and abstracts

  • Writing ethics proposals and grant applications

  • Research and evaluation skills training (eg, statistics)

Information technology4 of 8 skills:

  • Knowledge of presentation software

  • Using online research tools; collecting data

  • Accessing medical information online tools

  • Presentation skills for national and international conferences

Administration and leadership4 of 11 skills:

  • Conflict management and negotiation

  • Team building

  • Organizational management

  • Family medicine accreditation standards

Career development2 of 8 skills:

  • Career planning and promotion

  • Wellness (stress reduction, time management, work-life balance)