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Toward a definition of competency-based education in medicine: a systematic review of published definitions

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Competency-based education (CBE) has emerged in the health professions to address criticisms of contemporary approaches to training. However, the literature has no clear, widely accepted definition of CBE that furthers innovation, debate, and scholarship in this area. AIM: To systematically review CBE-related literature in order to identify key terms and constructs to inform the development of a useful working definition of CBE for …

Authors

Frank JR; Mungroo R; Ahmad Y; Wang M; De Rossi S; Horsley T

Journal

Medical Teacher, Vol. 32, No. 8, pp. 631–637

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Date

8 2010

DOI

10.3109/0142159x.2010.500898

ISSN

0142-159X