Competencies That a Healthcare Practitioner Caring for Congenital Cardiac Patients Must Have (CanMEDS)

The most widely adopted framework to define the competencies healthcare practitioners should have to care for patients is the CanMEDS framework developed by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. This framework is composed of seven domains. Therefore, a healthcare practitioner should be: Below is a brief description of these roles and their key competencies. They are taken solely from the CanMEDS framework of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (royalcollege.ca). For further details, see further reading.