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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Professional Identity Formation
  • Competency-Based Medical Education

Background:

  • Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) focuses on demonstrable skills for practice.
  • Overemphasis on 'doing' in CBME may neglect 'being,' impacting professional identity formation (PIF).
  • Integrating PIF into CBME is challenging due to definition, assessment, and operationalization issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reconcile Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) and professional identity formation (PIF).
  • To outline a path for integrating PIF into medical curricula.
  • To support the development of physicians meeting societal needs.

Main Methods:

  • Identified three core contradictions between CBME and PIF.
  • Proposed curricular opportunities to address these contradictions.
  • Suggested future research directions for reconciling 'doing' and 'being' in medical education.

Main Results:

  • CBME focuses on behavior/standardization/observed competence, while PIF emphasizes process/individualization/holistic assessment.
  • Curricular strategies include process-based outcomes, individualized competence recognition, and guided self-assessment.
  • Resolved contradictions offer a framework for integrating PIF into CBME.

Conclusions:

  • Reconciling CBME and PIF is crucial for holistic physician development.
  • Integrating PIF enhances professionalism, well-being, and inclusivity.
  • Addressing the 'doing' and 'being' dichotomy is essential for future medical education.