Competency-Based Education - Standards
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Evaluation of the use of an interactive, online resource for competency-based curriculum development.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: To evaluate pediatric educators' use of and satisfaction with the Academic Pediatric Association's Educational Guidelines for Pediatric Residency. METHOD: The authors used customized programming to document all registered users and ... Read more...

One specialty's collaborative approach to competency-based curriculum development.

30 Aug 2009 The authors describe a seven-step consensus development process used to create the two most recent editions of the Academic Pediatric Association's (APA's) educational guidelines for pediatric residency. The 1996 (printed) and 2004 (online) editions ... Read more...

Implicit versus explicit curricula in general pediatrics education: is there a convergence?

25 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe and analyze the implicit curriculum of a general pediatrics inpatient setting and to understand how it maps onto competency-based goals and objectives in the explicit curriculum. METHODS: We conducted a case study on a general ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Competency-Based Education - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Evaluation of the use of an interactive, online resource for competency-based curriculum development. 30 Aug 2009
• One specialty's collaborative approach to competency-based curriculum development. 30 Aug 2009
• Competency-based training: conformity and the pursuit of educational excellence. 30 Jul 2009
• Competency-based training: accreditation as a pathway to wisdom. 30 Jul 2009
• Implicit versus explicit curricula in general pediatrics education: is there a convergence? 25 Jul 2009
• Assessing competence in nursing. 29 Jun 2009
• Swedish student nurses' knowledge of health statutes: a descriptive survey. 30 May 2009
• The emperor has no clothes. 27 Feb 2009
• Effects of multi-source feedback on developmental plans for leaders of postgraduate medical education. 30 Jan 2009
• The development of a competency-based group health teaching performance examination model for BSN graduates. 29 Nov 2008
• Potential uses of health promotion competencies. 29 Nov 2008
• Assessing dental students' competence: best practice recommendations in the performance assessment literature and investigation of current practices in predoctoral dental education. 29 Nov 2008
• Reflection: an educational strategy to develop emotionally-competent nurse leaders. 30 Oct 2008
• Pharmaceutical care plan examinations to identify students at risk for poor performance in advanced pharmacy practice experiences. 13 Oct 2008
• Writing PharmD program-level, ability-based outcomes: key elements for success. 13 Oct 2008
• [Discussing and evaluating professional behaviour. 3. Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre] 29 Sep 2008
• [Discussing and evaluating professional behaviour. 2. Amsterdam Dental School] 29 Sep 2008
• Assessing the cultural competency of dental students and residents. 29 Sep 2008
• Student evaluation of an integrated, spiral model of epidemiology education at the Ege University. 7 Sep 2008
• The impact of a hybrid online and classroom-based course on palliative care competencies of family medicine residents. 2 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Competency-Based Education'

Definition: Educational programs designed to ensure that students attain prespecified levels of competence in a given field or training activity. Emphasis is on achievement or specified objectives.

Descriptor UI: D003162

Alternative terms: Competency-Based Education; Competency Based Education; Education, Competency-Based; Competency-Based Educations; Education, Competency Based; Educations, Competency-Based;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02.158.210;

History Note: 91(79); was see under CURRICULUM 1979-90