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Competency, objectives and outcomes.

A T Rodgers, E R Tilson, D S Cross

    Radiologic Technology
    |June 7, 2000
    PubMed
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    Health professions education has overly complicated writing learning objectives and competencies. Simplifying these statements, focusing on their core purpose, makes them easier to evaluate and understand.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Education
    • Health Professions Education
    • Competency-Based Education

    Background:

    • The complexity of writing learning objectives and competency statements has increased significantly over time.
    • Health professions educators have sometimes lost sight of the original intent, focusing on process over clarity.
    • This complexity has led to the adoption of 'outcome' statements as a simpler alternative.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the evolution of objectives, competencies, and outcomes in health professions education.
    • To highlight the challenges posed by overly complex guidelines for writing these educational tools.
    • To advocate for a return to simpler, more understandable objective and competency statements.

    Main Methods:

    • Literature review of educational guidelines and scholarly articles from the 1970s to the present.

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  • Analysis of the historical development and current state of objectives, competencies, and outcomes.
  • Conceptual analysis of the purpose and function of these educational components.

    • Main Results:

    • A cyclical trend in understanding educational objectives, competencies, and outcomes has been observed.
    • Current guidelines for writing objectives and competencies have become excessively complex.
    • Outcome statements are often used as broader, more manageable competency statements.

    Conclusions:

    • The current complexity in writing objectives and competencies hinders their effectiveness and understandability.
    • Simplifying educational objectives and focusing on their core purpose facilitates easier evaluation.
    • There is a need to re-evaluate and streamline the process of developing educational objectives and competencies.