Table 1.

Translation of the CanMEDS competences into a blueprint of derived competences for the selection procedure

CanMEDS	Derived competences
Medical performance & Knowledge and sciencea	Knowledge shown at pre-university education (pu-GPAb) Transfer (knowledge and information integration) Textual comprehension and structuring, verbal reasoning & inductive reasoning
Communication	Overall communication skills & strength of arguments
Collaboration	Collaboration skills
Managing	Organizational skills
Health advocating	Social and medical consciousness
Professionalism	Ethical awareness Empathy Reflection skills

^acombination of two CanMEDS competences

^bpu-GPA pre-university Grade Point Average