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CANMeds Commmunicator Competencies
The Key and Enabling Competencies can be found as a ’Related Topic’ at the bottom of each page. Like the other CanMEDS Roles, each Key Competency has Enabling Competencies which further specifies the behaviours that will be expected during evaluation and assessment. Although the Key Competencies for the Royal College and Family Physicians are almost identical, the Enabling Competencies are quite different. This highlights the differing perspectives of specialist and family physicians.
The CanMEDS Communicator Key competencies:
1. Develop rapport, trust and ethical therapeutic relationships with patients and families;
2. Accurately elicit and synthesize relevant information and perspectives of patients and families, colleagues and other professionals;
3. Accurately convey relevant information and explanations to patients and families, colleagues and other professionals;
4. Develop a common understanding on issues, problems and plans with patients and families, colleagues and other professionals to develop a shared plan of care;
5. Convey effective oral and written information about a medical encounter.
The CanMEDS-FM Communicator Key Competencies:
1. Develop rapport, trust and ethical therapeutic relationships with patients and families;
2. Accurately elicit and synthesize information from, and perspectives of, patients and families, colleagues and other professionals;
3. Accurately convey needed information and explanations to patients and families, colleagues and other professionals;
4. Develop a common understanding on issues, problems and plans with patients and families, colleagues and other professionals to develop, provide and follow-up on a shared plan of care;
5. Convey effective oral and written information.