Postgraduate training in anaesthesiology, resuscitation and intensive care: state-of-the-art for trainee evaluation and assessment in Europe

In the last decade, competency-based curricula in anaesthesiology, resuscitation and intensive care have been slowly implemented in Europe, based mainly on the Canadian Medical Education Directions for Specialists (CanMEDS) framework for doctor competencies, which requires that a competent doctor should be proficient in seven distinct roles. This framework is an outcomebased education model spanning a large range of domains of activities and associated competencies to be acquired. Learning outcomes have been defined that underpin these competencies and should permit appropriate trainee evaluation and assessment.