The Challenge of Introducing Competency-Based Psychiatry Training in Spain

Introducing competency-based postgraduate medical training: gains and losses

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to explore the gains and losses, from the trainees’ perspective, that occur when replacing process-oriented basic medical training with competency-based training and to explore whether competency-based training can justify a reduction in clinical training. Methods: We performed a national cross-sectional survey of attitudes of Danish doctors who had comp...

Introducing a competency based Fellowship programme for psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to summarise the new psychiatry Fellowship programme and its rationale, highlighting the new inclusions, revised assessment structure, the benefits and structure of the programme. CONCLUSIONS The 2012 Fellowship programme is based on the CanMEDs educational framework. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) underwent a compreh...

Competency-based Training

ACGME Competency Project Training Modules: The University of Rochester designed six practical modules for residencies and fellowships based on competency objectives which are available in downloadable format. Topics such as Pain Management, Communicating Bad News, Informed Consent and Capacity are included. Each module provides objectives, formats, readings, slides, test questions and evaluatio...

Competency-based training: who benefits?

Competency based training describes progression through training referenced to the demonstrated ability to perform certain tasks. In recent years, this has become the dominant curriculum model. We seek to examine who benefits from a competency based approach to medical education. For the regulators and service, the apparent advantage is in terms of apparent measurable accountability and flexibi...

Cross-specialty training in the era of competency-based education.