Increasing adoption of competency-based medical education (CBME) by health systems and accrediting bodies and medical schools represent an important response to the calls for educational reforms.
The Commission on the Education of Health Professionals resolved to the "adoption of competency-based curricula that are responsive to rapidly changing needs".
35 They recommend adoption of competency-based curricula, the promotion of inter-professional and trans-professional education that breaks down professional silos and enhances collaboration, the exploitation of information technology to promote learning, and adapting locally but harnessing resources globally.
From these engagements, the number one recommendation of the Commission on the Education of Health Professionals was the "adoption of competency-based curricula that are responsive to the rapidly changing needs".
Unfortunately, there is much confusion about the concepts of competence, competency, and competency-based education.
The Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa has developed a framework (http://familymedicine.uottawa.ca/curriculum-framework/) to guide the adoption of a Triple C competency based curriculum, that incorporates the curricular elements of family medicine.
There are several strategies that may be employed to foster the adoption of core addiction medicine competencies into mainstream of graduate medical education curricula, each with strengths and limitations.
This move is enabling broader adoption of pedagogical approaches, such as competency-based education and personalized learning.
14 27 Table 2 emphasises that similar competencies have also been the focus of more recent primary studies, particularly as the adoption of teamwork training curriculums built around these competencies (eg, TeamSTEPPS, CRM, VA Medical Team Training VA MTTT)) has grown.
And then there is the issue of competency itself.
ON this day, the newly minted politician exudes a cool air of competency.
