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Competencies Working Group Update

Prepared for MedBiquitous Annual Conference 2012

Rosalyn Scott1, Tim Willett, Valerie Smothers21 Dayton VA Medical Center and Wright State Univ. 2MedBiquitous

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Competencies are becoming pervasive

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MedBiquitous Competencies Working Group• Rosalyn Scott and Tim Willett, co-chairs• Launched in 2006• Charter:

• “to develop XML standards and supporting guidelines for competency data enabling educational resources and activities to be tied to a competency framework”

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Reasons for undertaking work• Tie educational activities and resources to a

competency framework. • Track learner accomplishments against a list

of competencies relevant to a health profession and specialty.

• Allow educators to see how their curriculum fits into a competency framework and better manage their curriculum and its development

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CONCEPTUAL MODEL

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Professionalism

A competency object . . .

Relates to other competency objects . . .

Which can relate to external

resources . . .

Learning Object

Educational activity

Performance data/ assessment

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CompetencyFramework.xml

Professionalism.xml

A competency object . . .

Relates to other competency objects . . .

xml xml

xml xml xml xml

xml xml xml xml xml xml

Which can relate to external

resources . . .

Learning Object

Educational activity

Performance data/ assessment

Current Specifications

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Specs and Schemas Available At:• http://www.medbiq.org/working_groups/comp

etencies/index.html

Status: • Standards Committee review complete• Public review pending

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Curriculum Inventory uses Competency Frameworks to define the competencies/ objectives integrated into the curriculum.

Competency framework

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Curriculum Inventory

Program A

Program B

Program C

Curriculum Inventory

What instructional methods are used to teach Professionalism?

AAMC Curriculum Inventory System

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New Work: Performance Framework• Use cases in development• Enable reporting and documentation of

performance levels in relation to specific competencies

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Example: Pediatrics Milestones

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Educational Achievement• Documentation of

competence and achievement of milestones

• Draft specification in development

Patient care

Medical Knowledge

Practice-based learning and improvement

Interpersonal and communication skills

Professionalism

Systems-based practice

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How do you know a trainee is qualified and what supervision is required?

Trainee Is competent in

At what level

Professional profileCompetency Framework

Performance Framework

Educational Achievement

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Thank you!• Rosalyn Scott

rosalyn.scott@wright.edu