Building a core competency assessment program for all stakeholders: the design and building of sailing ships can inform core competency frameworks
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1Clinical and Health Informatics Research Group, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University, 1140 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada. dale.dauphinee@mcgill.ca.
Abstract:
When educators are developing an effective and workable assessment program in graduate medical education by employing action research and stakeholder mapping to identify core competency domains and directives, the multi-stage process can be guided and informed by utilizing the story of designing, building and sea-testing sailing ships as a metaphor. However, the current challenge of physician burnout demands additional attention when formulating medical training frameworks, assessment guidelines and mentoring programs in 2020. The possibility of job-crafting is raised for consideration by designers of core competency frameworks in the health professions.
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