E24 Richard Reznick On Competency - Based Medical Education

Dr. Reznick currently serves as dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University and as chief executive officer of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO). His passion for medical education contributed to the founding of the Wilson Centre, a renowned health profession education research institute based in Toronto.In addition to ushering in competency-based medical education at Queen’s University, Dr. Reznick pioneered the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) that is used each year to assess thousands of medical licensure applicants in Canada. Dr. Reznick’s seminal work as an educator and researcher has been recognized by organizations such as the Medical Council of Canada, Royal College of Surgeons of England and Karolinska Institutet.In this episode we take a deep dive into competency-based medical education. Links:1. Eight-year outcomes of a competency-based residency training program in orthopedic surgery: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0142159X.2017.14217512.Setting Up a Surgical Skills Center:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00268-007-9326-63. Assessing Competency in Surgery: Where to Begin?: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S00396060030015454.