(8.2) Queen’s Institutional Implementation

The leadership at Queen’s University (in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) applied for and was granted special permission by the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) to embark on an accelerated institutional path of implementing competency-based medical education. Over a three-year period, Queen’s took CBME from concept to reality through the development and implementation of a comprehensive strategic plan. On July 1st 2017, Queen’s University launched CBME across all 29 postgraduate specialty medicine programs. In so doing, Queen’s created a community of support and CBME expertise that reinforces shared values including fostering co-production, cultivating responsive leadership, emphasizing diffusion of innovation, and adopting a systems-based approach to transformative change. Facilitators: - Leslie Flynn, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. - Richard Reznick, MD, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. - Damon Dagnone, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Special Assistant to the Associate Dean, CBME Faculty Lead, Postgraduate Medical Education RACE & TRAUMA Team Physician, Kingston General Hospital, Canada