Dr. Sandra Monteiro is a Faculty of Health Sciences Education Scientist appointed to the Department of Medicine, Division of Education and Innovation and MERIT (McMaster Education Research, Innovation, and Theory). Sandra has a second appointment to the Centre for Simulation Based Learning as Director, Scholarship. Sandra received her PhD in Psychology from McMaster University in 2013 and currently leads a successful international collaboration investigating theoretical models of cognitive processes behind clinical reasoning with application for education and assessment. In 2020, Sandra received the Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision Award from the Faculty of Health Science. In 2021, she received the Meridith Marks New Educator Award. In 2023 she was awarded a  KIPRIME fellowship as recognition of her contribution to medical education.

Competency based education (CBE) is a pedagogical approach that struggled to gain momentum after being introduced several decades ago. A more recent revival of this approach has been inspired by health professions training programs, the most notable being medical education (CBME). This revival has inspired global discussions about best practices for competency-based education and assessment design. In theory, the principles of CBME easily generalize to any specialty, academic institution, or country. In reality, there are infinite possibilities for translation into a local undergraduate medical education context. In this talk I will explore examples of different translations of the outcomes-based foundation of CBME, within Canadian undergraduate medical education programs.