Competency Committees in Undergraduate Medical Education: Approaching Tensions Using a Polarity Management Framework

Seetha U Monrad¹, Rajesh S Mangrulkar, James O Woolliscroft+6

• ¹S.U. Monrad was director of the foundational basic/clinical science curriculum at the time this work was completed. She currently is assistant dean for assessment, evaluation, and quality improvement and associate professor of internal medicine and learning health sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. R.S. Mangrulkar is Marguerite S. Roll Professor of Medical Education, associate dean for medical student education, and associate professor of internal medicine and learning health sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. J.O. Woolliscroft is Lyle C. Roll Professor of Medicine and professor of internal medicine and learning health sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. M.M. Daniel is assistant dean for curriculum and associate professor of emergency medicine and learning health sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. S.E. Hartley is associate program director and associate professor of internal medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. T.L. Gay is assistant dean for student services and associate professor of psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. A. Highet is a fourth-year medical student and Honor Council member, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. N. Vijayakumar is a fourth-year medical student and Honor Council member, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. S.A. Santen was assistant dean for educational research and quality improvement and professor of emergency medicine and learning health sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the time this work was completed. She currently is senior associate dean for assessment, evaluation, and scholarship and professor of emergency medicine, Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia.