Thirumagal Yogaparan, Alishya Burrell, Catherine Talbot-Hamon, Cheryl A Sadowski, Cindy Grief, Elizabeth MacDonald, Jenny Thain, Karen A Ng, Lara Khoury, Martin Moran, Sid Feldman, Sylvia Lustgarten, Tammy V Bach
PURPOSE: To revise the 2009 Canadian Geriatrics Society (CGS) Core Competencies in the Care of Older Persons for Canadian Medical Students by applying current frameworks and using a modified Delphi process. METHOD: The working group chose the Geriatric 5Ms model and CanMEDS framework to develop and structure the competencies. National (i.e., Canadian) Delphi participants were recruited, and 3 Delphi survey rounds were conducted from 2019-2021. Each survey round collected quantitative data using a 7-point Likert scale (LS) and qualitative data using free-text comments...
October 19, 2023: Academic Medicine