In case you missed yesterday’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session:
The Rising Tide of Competency-Based Medical Education: A Global View
Presenter: Jason Frank
September 7, 12 PM EST
Summary:
- Health Professions Education (HPE)
- Several Challenges of HPE
- Time spent does not equal ability achieved
- Trainees are not fully trained when arriving at clinical sites
- Assessment issues
- Competency Based Medical Education (CMBE)
- Principles based on
- Focuses on outcomes; graduate ability – not knowledge
- Ensures progression of competence
- Time is a resource not a framework
- Promotes learner centeredness
- Greater transparency to utility
- Spectrum of skills acquisition
- Novice > Advance Beginner > Competence > Proficiency > Expertise
- CBME definition of Competency is an observable ability of a health professional
- Van Melle’s Core Components of CBME (Five elements of a CBME Curriculum)
- Outcomes competency framework
- Sequence progression of competency
- Tailored learning experiences
- Tailored bedside coaching and observation
- Programmatic assessment
- Bottom line: Is your program a competency based?
- CBME is about a better way to train health professionals.
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