Article 2018

Beyond competency-based continuing professional development

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Links, Matthew J.
Medical Teacher
Journal · Vol. 40 · Issue 3 · pp. 253-258
Abstract

Competency based medical education (CBME) has become the default for undergraduate and post-graduate medical education (PGME) but its role in continuing professional development (CPD) is under discussion. Some critical differences between CPD and PGME are identified and these differences applied to: the relative roles of competence and performance; existing criticisms of CBME; heutagogy as a learning theory; and post-modernism as an underlying philosophical perspective. The argument is made that the characteristics of CPD fit with performance based medical education, a heutagogical learning theory, a focus on capabilities, rather than competencies; and a post-modern perspective. © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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learning clinical competence human medical education Humans curriculum postgraduate education professional development human experiment Learning Theory philosophy competency-based education Education, Medical, Graduate Education, Medical, Continuing
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UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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