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Highlighting and Reducing the Impact of Negative Aging Stereotypes During Older Adults' Cognitive Testing

Published on: January 24, 2020

Attitudes to pre-employment competency screening.

Andrew Pattison1, Colin Lumsden, Morgan Sherwood

  • 1Manchester Medical School, University of Manchester, UK. timpattison@doctors.org.uk

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Summary

Foundation doctors find pre-employment competency screening (PECS) acceptable and valuable for identifying educational needs. However, concerns about assessment validity warrant further research and standardization of the PECS process.

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Published on: January 24, 2020

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Healthcare Professional Training

Background:

  • Pre-employment competency screening (PECS) is increasingly used for UK foundation applicants.
  • Varied implementation of PECS exists across deaneries due to lack of consensus.
  • This study evaluates PECS acceptability and educational impact in the North Western Foundation School.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the acceptability of pre-employment competency screening (PECS) among foundation applicants.
  • To explore the perceived educational impact of PECS on foundation doctors.
  • To gather feedback for standardizing PECS processes.

Main Methods:

  • An electronic survey was distributed to foundation applicants in the North Western Deanery.
  • The survey collected data on attitudes towards PECS and demographic information.
  • Free-text comments were analyzed thematically by investigators.

Main Results:

  • 265 out of 555 invited foundation doctors responded to the survey.
  • Respondents identified PECS purposes as educational needs identification, competency assessment, support provision, and patient safety.
  • 90% found PECS a fair assessment, and 80.4% deemed it valuable.

Conclusions:

  • Foundation doctors perceive PECS as acceptable and beneficial for identifying and addressing educational needs.
  • Concerns regarding the validity of PECS assessments were noted.
  • Recommendations for standardizing PECS are proposed, with a call for further research.