Mapping the Transition to Competence By Design in Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Canada

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dc.contributor.advisorEllaway, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorMejia, Fernando
dc.contributor.committeememberCabaj, Jason
dc.contributor.committeememberLord, Jason
dc.contributor.committeememberMillar, Kelly
dc.date2023-02
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-06T14:38:20Z
dc.date.available2022-10-06T14:38:20Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-03
dc.description.abstractPublic Health and Preventive Medicine (PHPM) is a 5-year Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) postgraduate medical training program which aims to prepare specialists who work to safeguard and improve the health of populations. In Canada, PHPM offers a broad scope of practice that includes different fields such as clinical, academic, administrative, and/or a mix of any of those. Most commonly, PHPM training prepares graduates to practice as a Medical Officer of Health (MOH) or equivalent. This role serves to protect and promote the wellbeing of populations based on principles of biostatistics and epidemiology, environmental health, social and behavioral sciences, health program planning and policy, management, health economics, and relevant biological and social sciences. PHPM training varies across provinces depending on public health systems and structures. Consequently, implementation of Competence By Design (CBD) in this specialty is inherently challenging. CBD is the outcome-based medical education model mandated by the RCPSC to be adopted in all postgraduate medical training programs in Canada. This constructivist grounded theory (CGT) based study involved 35 iteratively conducted, semi-structured interviews which were analyzed through paired and parallel coding to explore and describe PHPM stakeholders’ perspectives about the landscape in PHPM training and practice in Canada as well as the anticipated changes required for a successful transition to CBD. Challenges of CBD implementation identified in this study included the non-standardized training path across Canada, the scarcity of financial and human resources to support this transition, and the lack of integration of the three different training components in this specialty (clinical, academic, and public health).en_US
dc.identifier.citationMejia, F. (2022). Mapping the transition to Competence By Design in Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Canada (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/115349
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40349
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyCumming School of Medicineen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectPublic Health and Preventive Medicineen_US
dc.subjectPHPMen_US
dc.subjectCompetence By Designen_US
dc.subjectCBDen_US
dc.subject.classificationPublic Healthen_US
dc.titleMapping the Transition to Competence By Design in Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Canadaen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMedicine – Community Health Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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