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Table 1 Comparison of competencies for anaesthesiology residency training for EU, US, and Canada

From: First steps towards international competency goals for residency training: a qualitative comparison of 3 regional standards in anesthesiology

ETR Domains’ headlines (number of items)

Number of items matching (%)

ETR with Milestonesa

ETR with CBDa

ETR with Milestones with CBDb

Perioperative medicine, patient assessment and risk reduction (5)

5 (100)

5 (100)

5 (100)

General anaesthesia and sedation (25)

25 (100)

24 (96)

24 (96)

Airway management (4)

4 (100)

4 (100)

4 (100)

Regional anaesthesia (8)

8 (100)

7 (88)

7 (88)

Postoperative care and acute pain management (10)

10 (100)

10 (100)

10 (100)

Intensive care medicine (40)

40 (100)

40 (100)

40 (100)

Critical emergency medicine (CREM) (9)

0 (0)

7 (78)

0 (0)

Anaesthesia Non-Technical Skills (ANTS) (5)

5 (100)

5 (100)

5 (100)

Professionalism and ethics (8)

8 (100)

8 (100)

8 (100)

Patient safety and health economics (4)

4 (100)

4 (100)

4 (100)

Education, Self-directed Learning, Research (6)

6 (100)

6 (100)

6 (100)

Obstetric anaesthesiology (12)

12 (100)

12 (100)

12 (100)

Cardiothoracic anaesthesiology (9)

9 (100)

9 (100)

9 (100)

Neuroanaesthesiology (6)

6 (100)

6 (100)

6 (100)

Paediatric anaesthesiology (8)

8 (100)

8 (100)

8 (100)

Multidisciplinary chronic pain management (6)

6 (100)

6 (100)

6 (100)

Total (165)

156 (95)

161 (98)

154 (93)

  1. aComparison of CBD and US’ Milestones:
  2. All but one (98%) CBD items were found in Milestones. The exception was C6: “Demonstrating required skills in POCUS (point of care ultrasound) to answer a clinical question.
  3. All but one (96%) of Milestones items were found in CBD. The exception was P5: “Responsibility to maintain personal emotional, physical, and mental health.
  4. bComparison of ETR, CBD and US’ Milestones: see Appendix 1
  5. The EU’s repository is the European Training Requirement (ETR), the US’ repository is the ACGME Milestones (Milestones), and the Canada’s repository is the Competence by Design (CBD). Incompletely matched competencies are described.