Beyond competence: rethinking continuing professional development in the age of competence-based medical education

[para. 2]: "We have spent many years focusing intently on the first 6–9 years of emergency medicine training. While this is an exciting milestone, the CBME era brings in new challenges for the learning we must do beyond residency. Now that our training programs have been aligned with CBME, it is now time to turn our attention to education beyond training—or, continuing professional development (CPD). At the individual level, the Future of Medical Education in Canada CPD (FMEC CPD) report suggests that physicians should (1) be engaged in CanMEDS/CanMEDS-FM aligned competency-based CPD; (2) be provided with tools and strategies to document and at times revise their scope of practice; (3) focus on competencies related to team functioning and collaboration; (4) be skilled lifelong learners; and (5) engage in continuous practice improvement based on their individual or aggregate practice data. And yet, will this be sufficient? Do we know what it means to be competent in practice? To maintain that competence over time?"