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  • Medical Education
  • Program Evaluation
  • Healthcare Systems

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  • Competency-based medical education (CBME) is globally adopted for sequential skill acquisition.
  • Limited evidence exists comparing CBME to traditional methods regarding physician preparedness and patient outcomes.
  • Evaluating complex interventions like CBME poses challenges for traditional assessment models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide guidance on evaluating Competency-based medical education (CBME) programs.
  • To address the need for robust methods to assess CBME's impact on practice readiness and patient care.

Main Methods:

  • Introduction of Contribution Analysis (CA), a theory-based program evaluation approach.
  • Description of a six-step CA model for assessing complex interventions.
  • Postulation of a theory of change to link CBME activities to desired outcomes.

Main Results:

  • Contribution Analysis (CA) offers a systematic method for establishing causal claims in complex settings.
  • CA can be adapted to evaluate the link between CBME, physician preparedness, and patient outcomes.
  • Rigorous application of CA enhances understanding of CBME's long-term impact.

Conclusions:

  • Contribution Analysis (CA) provides a valuable framework for evaluating Competency-based medical education (CBME).
  • Adopting CA methods strengthens the evaluation of CBME's effectiveness in medical education.
  • This approach can improve the assessment of physician readiness and patient outcomes in CBME programs.