Leading from Behind: An Educational Intervention to Address Faculty and Learner Preparedness for Competence By Design in Psychiatry

Abstract Purpose: Residency training programs across Canada are beginning to implement the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s new Competence By Design (CBD) framework in medical education. The objective of the current research was to assess faculty members’ and learners’ understanding of, and preparedness for, the national shift to CBD in psychiatry before and after an educational intervention. Methods: The current research implemented a pre-test/post-test design to investigate faculty members’ and learners’ perceptions and attitudes towards competency-based medical