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Competency-based training: who benefits?

Alexandra Brightwell1, Janet Grant

  • 1London School of Paediatrics, London Deanery, London, UK. alex.brightwell@doctors.org.uk

Postgraduate Medical Journal
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Competency-based training, a dominant medical education model, offers limited proven benefits for trainees. This approach risks devaluing essential workplace learning, potentially harming the medical profession and patient care.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Healthcare Training
  • Professional Development

Background:

  • Competency-based training (CBT) is now the dominant curriculum model in medical education.
  • CBT focuses on demonstrated task performance for progression.
  • The study examines the beneficiaries of CBT in medical education.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of competency-based training in medical education.
  • To assess the impact of CBT on regulators, assessors, and doctors in training.
  • To determine if CBT enhances or hinders overall learning and patient care.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of the principles and practical application of competency-based training.
  • Review of evidence regarding the effectiveness of CBT for different stakeholders.
  • Examination of the potential impact of CBT on the trainee's role and workplace learning.

Main Results:

  • Regulators and healthcare services perceive advantages in accountability and flexibility with CBT.
  • Assessors have not found CBT assessments to be reliably objective or accurate in practice.
  • There is minimal evidence of direct benefit for doctors in training from CBT.

Conclusions:

  • Competency-based training may prioritize individual skills over holistic learning experiences.
  • CBT risks diminishing the trainee's role and devaluing crucial workplace-based learning.
  • Medical education models that undervalue practical, on-the-job learning may negatively impact the profession and patient outcomes.