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To address this gap, the Canadian Consortium of Clinical Trial Training Platform (CANTRAIN) has developed a national, competency-based program for clinical fellows. This approximately 40-hour, asynchronous clinical research and trials education program is grounded in adult learning principles and enriched with experiential learning. The program covers foundational knowledge in clinical research, clinical trials and methodological principles, trial planning, national and international legal and ethical principles in addition to data management, knowledge mobilization, and dissemination to diverse audiences. By offering accessible, competency-based, and standardized clinical trials education in medical training, this program complements the current existing landscape of clinician-scientist training and has the potential to reduce barriers to education (e.g., lack of protected time and financial constraints) while strengthening and diversifying the clinician-scientist pipeline in Canada. 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