| 1.1. Medical expert | As medical experts, cardiologists integrate all of the CanMEDS roles, applying medical knowledge, clinical skills, and professional values in their provision of high-quality and safe patient care. This is the central cardiologist role and defines the cardiologist’s scope of practice. | Practise medicine within their defined scope of practice and expertise Perform a patient-centred clinical assessment and establish a management plan Plan and perform procedures and therapies for the purpose of assessment and/or management Establish plans for ongoing care and, when appropriate, timely consultation Actively contribute, as an individual and as a member of a team providing care, to the continuous improvement of healthcare quality and patient safety Apply novel digital methods of diagnosis, treatment communication and process to achieve optimal clinical outcomes
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| 1.2. Communicator | As communicators, cardiologists form relationships with patients and their families that facilitate the gathering and sharing of essential information for effective health care. | Establish professional therapeutic relationships with patients and their families Elicit and synthesize accurate and relevant information, incorporating the perspectives of patients and their families Share healthcare information and plans with patients and their families Engage patients and their families through shared decision-making in developing plans that reflect the patient’s healthcare needs and goals Document and share written and electronic information about the medical encounter to optimize clinical decision-making, patient safety, confidentiality, and privacy
| Direct observation - WBA OSCE Multi-source feedback Clinical letter analysis
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| 1.3. Collaborator | As collaborators, cardiologists work effectively with other healthcare professionals to provide safe, high-quality, patient-centred care. | Work effectively with physicians and other colleagues in the healthcare professions Work with physicians and other colleagues in the healthcare professions to promote understanding, manage differences, and resolve conflicts (‘Heart Team’) Hand over the care of a patient to another healthcare professional to facilitate continuity of high-quality and safe patient care
| OSCE Multi-source feedback Direct observation - WBA
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| 1.4. Leader | As leaders, cardiologists engage with others to contribute to a vision of a high-quality healthcare system and take responsibility for the delivery of excellent patient care through their activities as clinicians, administrators, scholars, or teachers. | Contribute to the improvement of healthcare delivery in teams, organizations, and systems Engage in the stewardship of healthcare resources Demonstrate leadership in professional practice Manage career planning, finances, and human health resources in a practice
| Multi-source feedback Direct observation - WBA
| Lecture or large group session Small group teaching M&M-Rounds Self-directed learning Quality improvement courses Leadership in clinical practice courses
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| 1.5. Health advocate | As health advocates, cardiologists contribute their expertise and influence as they work with communities or patient populations to improve health. They work with those they serve to determine and understand needs, speak on behalf of others when required, and support the mobilization of resources to effect change. | Respond to an individual patient’s health needs by advocating with the patient within and beyond the clinical environment Respond to the needs of the communities or populations they serve by advocating with them for system-level change in a socially accountable manner
| Multi-source feedback OSCE Portfolio Essays Direct observation - WBA
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| 1.6. Scholar | As scholars, cardiologists, demonstrate a life-long commitment to excellence in practice through continuous learning and by teaching others, evaluating evidence, and contributing to scholarship. | Engage in the continuous enhancement of their professional activities through ongoing learning Teach students, residents, the public, and other healthcare professionals Integrate best available evidence into practice Contribute to the creation and dissemination of knowledge and practices applicable to health
| Multi-source feedback Portfolio Direct observation—WBA
| Lecture or large group session Guided reflection and dscussion Coaching Teaching scripts Teach the teacher courses Health research methods Scientific writing courses Internet search courses Digital medicine courses
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| 1.7. Professional | As professionals, cardiologists, are committed to the health and well-being of individual patients and society through ethical practice, high personal standards of behaviour, accountability to the profession and society, physician-led regulation, and maintenance of personal health. | Demonstrate a commitment to patients by applying best practices and adhering to high ethical standards Demonstrate a commitment to society by recognising and responding to societal expectations in health care Demonstrate a commitment to the profession by adhering to standards and participating in physician-led regulation Demonstrate a commitment to physician health and well-being to foster optimal patient care
| Direct observation - WBA Multi-source feedback Portfolio
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