Acquisition of competency in procedural skills is a fundamental goal of medical training. In this Perspective, the authors propose an evidence-based pedagogical framework for procedural skill training. The framework was developed based on a review of the literature using a critical synthesis approach and builds on earlier models of procedural skill training in medicine. The authors begin by des...

The aim of the Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Working Group was to examine the issues of training, credentialing and quality control in ERCP in Singapore. Published guidelines and clinical trials concerning issues of training, complications and quality control in ERCP have been reviewed. The Working Group recommended that a trainee reach a minimum threshold of 200 cases b...

erately cater your education to these end objectives. Many countries in the world have developed consensus on these competencies, in so-called competency frameworks. The most well-known are the frameworks from the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education from the US [1], the CanMEDS framework from Canada [2] and Good Medical Practice from the UK [3]. There are many other countries in...

Background: the success of faculty members of Medical Sciences Universities in medical education arena requires qualification and capabilities authentication in relation with education.  In order to achieve these capabilities, it is necessary to use new and influential approaches of empowerment. One of the appropriate approaches is “Competency Based Training” (CBT). In this method, competencies...

This study presents a conceptual model to investigate technology management competency required by healthcare IS professionals and its impacts on IT-healthcare partnerships. Technology management competency, at the broad level, comprises the business strategic thinking, external knowledge resources linkage, healthcare technology integration capability as well as management and interpersonal ski...

Over the past decade, increasing emphasis has been placed on quality metrics and competency assessment in health care. The goals of high-quality endoscopy – appropriate patient selection (indicated procedure), accurate diagnosis, and appropriate implementation – should be achieved with minimal patient risk and performed by properly trained and competent endoscopists [1]. The ultimate goals shou...

BACKGROUND The efficiency of the health care system is significantly dependent on the appropriate leadership and guidance of employees. One of the most frequently used new approaches in human resources management is the study of competencies and competency models. The aim of this research is to develop a competency model for leaders in nursing, and to compare it with the leadership competency m...

BACKGROUND Cultural Respect Encompassing Simulation Training (CREST) is a learning program that uses simulation to provide health professional students and practitioners with strategies to communicate sensitively with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) patients. It consists of training modules with a cultural competency evaluation framework and CALD simulated patients to interact with...

Literature review and the Delphi approach were used to draft the core competency items of hospital infection control nurses in Hong Kong. Content validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the proposed core competency were ensured. The result serves as the foundation of developing training and assessment tools for infection control nurses in Hong Kong.

In this paper, a distributed distance education system is built on WWW (World-Wide Web), called CBTVC (Competency-Based Training Virtual Classroom). This system extends CBT self-learning materials for vocational training into asynchronous distance education net and offers a “Registration Self-learning Qualification” learning cycle. This research investigates the characteristics of distance educ...