OBGYN residency programs will continue to span five years, shifting the focus to ensuring each resident acquires the necessary competencies before they progress through each of four stages measured and evaluated using the concept of entrustable professional activities (EPA’s) and milestones.

1. Transition to Discipline (TTD) – approx three months 
2. Foundations of Discipline (FOD) – approx 21 months 
3. Core of Discipline (COD) – approx 30 months 
4. Transition to Practice (TTP) – approx six months 

Roll-out of CBD for all Obstetrics and Gynaecology programs across Canada commenced on July 1, 2019. This included all our PGY1 residents, however all residents in our Program are participating in  CBME and achieving their entrustable professional activities.

EPAs are designed to be developmental and progress from basics tasks to complex tasks as trainees move through the stages of training. The Obstetrics and Gynaecology EPAs by stage can be found in our Program’s CBD Curriculum Map and in each Stage linked below.

Within each EPA are a number of milestones. These are individual skills that are needed to accomplish the EPA. The language around milestones, as it is derived from the RC’s CanMEDS framework (e.g. medical expert, communicator, collaborator, leader, etc.). 

ITER EPA Map by Rotation (2021) (pdf, 264KB)
RCPSC EPA Guide and Milestones (2021) (pdf, 599KB)

Some helpful Links:

EPAs and CanMEDs Milestones
CanMEDs Milestones
FAQ:  Milestones and EPAs  

• CBD Curriculum Map for ObGyn
• ObGyn CanMEDs Curriculum Plan