Background: Competency-based models of medical education require reliable and valid
assessment of multiple physician roles. Aims: To develop and evaluate an objective
structured clinical examination (OSCE) designed to assess 7 physician competencies
(CanMEDS Roles). Methods: Twenty four candidates from 4 neonatal–perinatal medicine
training programs participated in a 10-station OSCE. Ten 5-point rating scales were
developed and used to assess the CanMEDS Roles of Medical Expert, Communicator …

Contemporary educators in health care professions are challenged to foster moral
reasoning and ethical decision making in students in both professional and postprofessional
education programs. Examples of strategies for teaching ethics include traditional
approaches that rely on principles, codes of ethics, rules and theories, case-based
approaches, and narrative ethics. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the
effectiveness of anonymized reflection (AR) to teach postprofessional nursing students …