Cargando…

A competency-based approach to critical care education

The medical education environment is rapidly changing. Competency-based medical education (CBME) is a great advance, but operationalizing competencies for teaching and assessment is problematic. Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) can revitalize CBME by connecting competencies to practice, cr...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chuang, Li-Liang, Hsieh, Ming-Chen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6047323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30069122
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_84_18
Descripción
Sumario:The medical education environment is rapidly changing. Competency-based medical education (CBME) is a great advance, but operationalizing competencies for teaching and assessment is problematic. Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) can revitalize CBME by connecting competencies to practice, creating flexibility in programs. CBME requires and deepens the nature of workplace-based assessments. It is important to use EPAs to verify residents’ ability to care for critically ill patients unsupervised in simulation education.