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Listen "DocTalks: CBME and Family Medicine with Dr. Marina Malak"
Episode Synopsis
Dr. Marina Malak joins DocTalks as part of the mini-series on Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) as TMU welcomes its first cohort of residents.
Bringing a family medicine perspective, Dr. Malak explores how CBME is structured by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), including the Triple C curriculum—comprehensive care, continuity, and a focus on family medicine. She unpacks how TMU is building an educational program from the ground up and reflects on assessing complex competencies like professionalism and trust. The episode also tackles how failure can be reframed as growth, the role of cultural context in assessment, and what it means to help learners feel truly ready for independent practice.
Dr. Marina Malak is a family physician in Mississauga, Ontario, and the Director of Assessment and Competence of Family Medicine/Enhanced Skills at the Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine (TMU SoM). She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and McMaster University, a board member of the National Committee of Continuing Professional Development at the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), and a Peer Guide and Mentor with the Ontario College of Family Physicians of Ontario (OCFP). She is also an advisory member of the Halton Physicians Association, and a Wellness Mentor and community physician leader with Trillium Health Partners.
She is passionate about patient care; medical education; and promoting mental, physical, and emotional wellness.
Read the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/9w4xe9z4
Bringing a family medicine perspective, Dr. Malak explores how CBME is structured by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), including the Triple C curriculum—comprehensive care, continuity, and a focus on family medicine. She unpacks how TMU is building an educational program from the ground up and reflects on assessing complex competencies like professionalism and trust. The episode also tackles how failure can be reframed as growth, the role of cultural context in assessment, and what it means to help learners feel truly ready for independent practice.
Dr. Marina Malak is a family physician in Mississauga, Ontario, and the Director of Assessment and Competence of Family Medicine/Enhanced Skills at the Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine (TMU SoM). She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and McMaster University, a board member of the National Committee of Continuing Professional Development at the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), and a Peer Guide and Mentor with the Ontario College of Family Physicians of Ontario (OCFP). She is also an advisory member of the Halton Physicians Association, and a Wellness Mentor and community physician leader with Trillium Health Partners.
She is passionate about patient care; medical education; and promoting mental, physical, and emotional wellness.
Read the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/9w4xe9z4
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