Context: All Canadian postgraduate medical programs are implementing the major components of competency-based education. To do so, our institution had to provide individualized training and monitoring for all our programs. Innovation: We organized half-day workshops with four work sessions: core competencies, competency portfolio, curriculum…

Outlines the author's observations and experiences while designing and delivering a training program at the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. A two-day course acquaints union stewards and prospective stewards with their functions; a three-day advanced course examines legislation and collective bargaining and deals with other…