Inside Their Minds: A Multi-Institutional Exploration into the Decision-Making of Medical School Competency Committee Members.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A competency committee is a group of experts who make a consensus-based judgement about a learner's competence. While evidence-based practices for post-graduate committees have been described, research and standards are lacking in undergraduate medical education. Medical school competency committees often distribute student reviews to individual members; therefore, understanding how they interpret assessment data is critical.

Methods

Approaching our investigation from a social constructionist orientation, we conducted think aloud interviews with 22 competency committee members at 7 medical schools in the United States from 2023-2025. Participants were tasked with reviewing local student assessment data in preparation for a competency committee meeting and verbal

SUBMITTER: Ryan MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12857619 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature