Internal Medicine — Transition to Practice

TTP7 Identifying learning needs in clinical practice, and addressing them with a personal learning plan

Key Features:
- This EPA focuses on participating in learning activities that prepare the resident for their own continuing professional development.
- This includes the identification of professional development needs (based on personal performance gaps and/or emerging needs of the communities they serve) and the development, execution and documentation of the plan to address those needs.

Assessment Plan:

Review of documentation by supervisor

a. Review a submission-ready documentation of a “Personal Learning Plan (PLP)” appropriate for entry into MAINPORT in which a resident identifies:

i) a personal knowledge or performance gap, or
ii) an emerging need in the community that they serve and then creates and implements a plan to update their knowledge/skills

b. Review the resident’s e-portfolio for evidence of literature searches, attendance at conferences, or other activity that addresses their learning needs over the TTP stage

Use Form 4

Collect 1 observation of achievement

Milestones

• ME 1.6. Recognize and respond to the complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity inherent in medical practice

• P 1.2. Demonstrate a commitment to maintaining and enhancing competence

• S 1.2. Identify opportunities for learning and improvement by reflecting on and assessing performance using various internal and external data sources

• S 3.1. Generate focused questions that address practice uncertainty and knowledge gaps

• S 1.1. Identify learning needs to enhance competence across all CanMEDS roles

• HA 2.3. Identify and respond to unmet health care needs within one’s practice

• S 1.1. Create and implement a learning plan

• L 4.2. Adjust educational experiences to gain competencies necessary for future practice

• P 3.1. Fulfil professional standards of practice by participating in programs that record continuing professional development (e.g. Royal College Maintenance of Certification Program)

• S 1.1. Develop, implement, monitor and revise a personal learning plan to enhance professional practice