A call to action: The controversy of and rationale for competency-based medical education

Medical Teacher

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 574-581

  Holmboe, Eric S ^a   Sherbino, Jonathan ^b   Englander, Robert ^c   Snell, Linda ^d,e   Frank, Jason R ^e,f  

^a ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ERROR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MODEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; LEARNING; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 85020628381     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2017.1315067     Document Type: Article

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