ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION Health professions educators must prepare their students to be practitioners, citizens and leaders who are competent to address the twenty-fi rst century’s global challenges. Health professionals are expected to master complex clinical and scientifi c knowledge and to embody humanistic values and characteristics. While health professions students acquire the attributes of professionals – for example, commitment to lifelong learning, capacity for teamwork and collaboration, altruism and dedication to their patients and the broader community – they must also learn to function in a world of rapidly evolving information and technology, instant, multidimensional communication and permeable disciplinary boundaries. Moreover, teaching methods must promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills, capacity to embrace ambiguity and the unknown, and awareness of and commitment to equity and social justice.
