Objective To design and validate a new competency based selection system to recruit general practice registrars, comprising a competency based application form, referees’ reports, and an assessment centre. Design Longitudinal predictive validity study and a matched case comparison. Setting South Yorkshire and East Midlands region, United Kingdom, comprising three deaneries. Participants 46 of 1...

Prenatal ultrasound is a powerful diagnostic tool, but there has been little research on how to teach ultrasound to family physicians. The available evidence supports teaching through didactics followed by supervised scanning. Didactic topics include physics and machine usage, indications, fetal biometry, anatomic survey, practice management, ethical issues, and resources. Supervised scanning r...

With human capital being critical to corporate success, aligning individual training with business priorities, emerges as a key challenge. Business process oriented learning unites corporate training and business process management. This entails integrating learning into daily working tasks and putting in place mechanisms for the effective management of business processes, organisational roles,...

OBJECTIVES This study explored the suitability and benefits of problem-based learning (PBL) in competency-based postgraduate public health training. The PBL was delivered within a rural retreat and included site visits. METHODS Qualitative semistructured interviews with trainee public health officers and key informants. RESULTS The learning approach (retreat-PBL combination with site visits...

With human capital being critical to corporate success, aligning individual training with business priorities, emerges as a key challenge. Business process oriented learning unites corporate training and business process management. This entails integrating learning into daily working tasks and putting in place mechanisms for the effective management of business processes, organisational roles,...

Improving the education evaluation system is part of independent learning policy aiming at encouraging improvement quality and outcomes in Indonesia. The Ministry Education Culture Indonesia plans implementation a national assessment 2021. Changes to this evaluate students’ competence map form inputs, processes, results that will be achieved. Thus, no longer an individual assessment. In order a...