Reclaiming physician identity: It’s time to integrate ‘Doctor as Person’ into the CanMEDS framework

摘要

In 1996, the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada adopted the CanMEDS framework with seven key roles: communicator, collaborator, health advocate, medical expert, manager, professional, and scholar. For many years, CanMEDS in various iterations has been globally recognized for identifying what patients need from their physicians. Like any model however, it is imperfect. For Canadian medical education to meet today’s challenges of providing care in constantly changing and overly-stressed healthcare settings, educators will need to help new physicians find ways to manage expectations and needs, while retaining their wellness and humanity.