The Future of Medical Education in Canada (FMEC): A Collective Vision for MD Education – The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) – 28 January 2010
“Just as Abraham Flexner’s report did 100 years ago, The Future of Medical Education in Canada (FMEC) project looks at how the education programs leading to the medical doctor (MD) degree in Canada can best respond to society’s evolving needs. In turn, the FMEC project is rooted in the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada’s (AFMC’s) articulated social accountability mission for medical schools.
Health care has become increasingly complex and faces enormous challenges in providing quality care to diverse populations. An important need has developed for a cohesive and collective vision for the future of medical education in Canada. While Canada’s Faculties of Medicine are leaders in medical education, continually adapting to changing expectations and requirements, the physician of the future requires skills that will involve further adaptations and reforms to our medical education system.
The 10 FMEC recommendations for MD education (also known as undergraduate medical education) are grounded in evidence and emerge from a broad and rigorous consultative process. They are as follows:
1. Address Individual and Community Needs
2. Enhance Admissions Processes
3. Build on the Scientific Basis of Medicine
4. Promote Prevention and Public Health
5. Address the Hidden Curriculum
6. Diversify Learning Contexts
7. Value Generalism
8. Advance Inter- and Intra-Professional Practice
9. Adopt a Competency-Based and Flexible Approach
10. Foster Medical Leadership
They are accompanied by five enabling recommendations that will facilitate the implementation of the FMEC recommendations:
A. Realign Accreditation Standards
B. Build Capacity for Change
C. Increase National Collaboration
D. Improve the Use of Technology
E. Enhance Faculty Development”
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