Classifying patients into 3 categories of competency is typical of other assessments such as the TOFHLA [ 3].
Most commonly considered ones fall in the category of competency; attributes that reflect integrity and goodwill are frequently neglected, and should be included in trust judgment.
All topics were cross-matched against the ACP-ASIM in-training examination, and all hours were colour coded based on the categories of core competencies.
The starting point is the operational model that integrates seven categories of competences: cognitive and metacognitive, methodological, communicational and relational, evaluative, psychosocial, career management, as well as ICT competencies.
The hours were also colour coded to indicate the category of core competencies covered, which paralleled those mandated by the national accreditation bodies.
The AHD hours are also colour coded to indicate the category of core competencies covered under the CanMEDS 2005 framework, including medical expert (ME, or white boxes in the original map), manager (M, or gold boxes), scholar (S, or rose boxes), and professional skills (P, or grey boxes).
Another limitation is that the survey forced the respondents to identify their priorities within each of the skills, knowledge, traits and motives categories; while a set of competencies from all of these areas was identified, further study is required to rank the importance among the identified skills, knowledge, traits and motives.
Unfortunately, there is much confusion about the concepts of competence, competency, and competency-based education.
This common practice is not however mentioned in any official document describing the competencies of these categories of caregivers.
The computer-adaptive testing method presented in this paper, which is based on measurement decision theory, can significantly reduce the number of items needed to classify subjects into categories corresponding to levels of competency without significantly compromising the accuracy of the classification.
