The CanMEDS 2005 Physician Competency Framework: Better standards. Better physicians. Better care.

By J. Frank. 2005

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Competency-based medical education: theory to practice (2010, background): “Competency frameworks such as CanMEDS (Frank et al. 2005; Frank & Danoff 2007), the Outcome Project of the (US) Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME 2001), and the Scottish Doctor (Simpson et al. 2002) now arguably form the basis of training for the majority of medical learner”
A Critical Appraisal of the Use of Standardized Client Simulations in Social Work Education (2013, background): “…(2008) adopted a competence framework with a focus on outcomes, similar to related health and human service professions such as medicine (Carraccio, Wolfsthal, Englander, Ferentz, & Marin, 2002; Frank, 2005), nursing (Watson, Stimpson, Topping, & Porock, 2002), and psychology (Kaslow et al., 2004).”
Curriculum development for the workplace using Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): AMEE Guide No. 99 (2015, background): “A well-known framework in the medical domain is CanMEDS that defines these qualities in seven roles or competency-domains (Frank 2005), including, among others, content expertise, communication and collaboration ability, and a professional attitude.”