Competency-Based Education
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Canadian ophthalmology residency training: an evaluation of resident satisfaction and comparison with international standards.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the adequacy of Canadian ophthalmology residency programs in achieving the competencies outlined by the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and to assess residents' satisfaction with their training programs. ... Read more...

Using competencies to improve dental practice management education.

29 Sep 2009 The ADEA Competencies for the New General Dentist contain a significant number of practice management-related competencies. To date, these have been taught primarily in a lecture format in the third and fourth years of the dental curriculum. ... Read more...

Mastering diagnostic skills: Enhancing Proficiency in Otitis Media, a model for diagnostic skills training.

26 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: We developed a program for training in the diagnosis of otitis media that included images illustrating various otoscopic findings, mnemonic guides to recollection, and discrimination sessions that included feedback and assessments of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Competency-Based Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Canadian ophthalmology residency training: an evaluation of resident satisfaction and comparison with international standards. 29 Sep 2009
• Using competencies to improve dental practice management education. 29 Sep 2009
• Training in the use of ketamine. 29 Sep 2009
• Mastering diagnostic skills: Enhancing Proficiency in Otitis Media, a model for diagnostic skills training. 26 Sep 2009
• Video self-assessment augments development of videoscopic suturing skill. 17 Sep 2009
• Pretraining on Southwestern stations decreases training time and cost for proficiency-based fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery training. 9 Sep 2009
• 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
• How should the ACGME core competencies be measured? 30 Aug 2009
• Curricula proposals aim to bolster scientific competency. 2 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
• The health care matrix formulation: a tool for competency assessment in psychiatry residency training. 30 Jul 2009
• Using the healthcare matrix with interns and medical students as a tool to effect change. 30 Jul 2009
• Implicit versus explicit curricula in general pediatrics education: is there a convergence? 25 Jul 2009
• Development of a urinary incontinence educational program using a competency-based approach and case method. 29 Jun 2009
• Effects of questionnaire-based diagnosis and training on inter-rater reliability among practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine. 29 Jun 2009
• Assessing competence in nursing. 29 Jun 2009
• The ACGME Outcome Project in ophthalmology: practical recommendations for overcoming the barriers to local implementation of the national mandate. 29 Jun 2009
• British surgeons' experiences of mandatory online workplace-based assessment. 29 Jun 2009

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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