Professional development  of registrars

Singh, Jagdishwar

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00301.x

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To the Editor: The CanMEDS 2000 report1 and its 2005 revision2 have emphasised that effectiveness as a medical specialist requires competencies in addition to clinical and medical expertise. These include being a communicator, collaborator, manager, health advocate, scholar and professional.

Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: jsingh@pmcv.com.au

1. CanMEDS 2000 project. Skills for the new millennium: report of the Societal Needs Working Group, September 1996. Available at: http://rcpsc.medical.org/publications/index.php (accessed Feb 2006).
2. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. CanMEDS 2005 framework. Available at: http://rcpsc.medical.org/canmeds/bestpractices/framework_e.pdf (accessed Feb 2006).
3. Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria. Professional development of registrars supervising junior medical staff: final project report. October 2004. Available at: http://www.medeserv.com.au/pmcv/download/download.cfm/Final_Report_18 Oct.pdf?txtLibraryID=pmcv&txtFileName=Final_Report_18_Oct.pdf (accessed Feb 2006).

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