Viewpoint: Competency-based postgraduate training: Can we bridge the gap between theory and clinical practice?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 542-547

  Ten Cate, Olle ^a   Scheele, Fedde ^b,c,d   Ten Cate, Th J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Advisory Board for Postgraduate Curricular Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; TEACHING; ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; NOMENCLATURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249651907     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31805559c7     Document Type: Review

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