Competence By Design (CBD)

How to Give Constructive Coaching Feedback (PDF)

This resource provides language examples and advice for preceptors offering constructive comments to residents in the Competence by Design coaching model.

Download How to Give Constructive Coaching Feedback (PDF)

Competence By Design (CBD): A Coaching Approach to Feedback Workshop

Looking to support faculty to use a coach approach when giving feedback to residents? We have a workshop for that! Deliver it in your program using our presentation slide deck or reach out and we will send facilitators to you.

This workshop is designed for faculty teaching learners who are already familiar with the basic concepts of Competence by Design, including EPAs and Competence Committees. It is designed to be delivered in 1.5 hours and includes prompts for facilitators to customize areas of the presentation based on their program’s needs and experience.

Download Competence By Design (CBD): A Coaching Approach to Feedback Slide Deck 

Request facilitators from the Office of Faculty Development and UBC’s Postgraduate CBME Faculty Leads to present this material in your department. Please contact our team at fac.dev@ubc.ca.

Note to organizers regarding MOC accreditation credits:
Faculty can receive MOC credits for attending a program-led session based on the “CBD: A Coaching Approach to Feedback” slides. Attendees are required to fill out the completion certificate survey and an evaluation survey linked here.

Presentation content may be adjusted and personalized to programs as needed. However, for the purpose of MOC accreditation credits, presenters cannot modify the title or objectives within the presentation.

Competence by Design (CBD): Resident Training & Assessment Online Module

This module introduces British Columbia’s clinical teachers to Competence by Design (CBD), the Canadian national approach to Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) for specialist residency. We will cover what CBD is, the rational for CBD’s implementation, and your role as a medical educator.

This module will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete and is intended for faculty new to the CBD approach to feedback and assessment of Residents in specialty programs.

Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) Website

UBC’s Postgraduate Medical Education CBME website lists key resources regarding the implementation of CBME within programs, including Entrada user guides, past relevant presentations, and Royal College documentation.

Competency by Design Orientation Packages

Created by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, these resources are accessed through the Royal College learning page (free account creation & sign-in required). Some key resources are linked below for your convenience.

• • • Coaching to Competence
    • Coaching Over Time (This includes The Role of Coaching Over Time in CBD, First Coaching Over Time Meeting: Setting the Stage for Success, and Co-Creating Resident Learning Plans)
    • Learn the Basics of Competency by Design (CBD)
    • Develop an Assessment Plan
    • Entrustability Scales Module
    • Set up a Competence Committee
    • Mock Competence Committee Cases

Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) Feedback & Coaching Trainer Resources

Feedback resources for CBME are also available for download from the University of Toronto.