Hands in medicine: understanding the impact of competency-based education on the formation of medical students' identities in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There have been critiques that competency training, which defines the roles of a physician by simple, discrete tasks or measurable competencies, can cause students to compartmentalize and focus mainly on being assessed without understanding how the interconnected competencies help shape their role as future physicians. Losing the meaning and interaction of competencies can result in a focus on 'doing the work of a physician' rather than identity formation and 'being a physician.' This study aims to understand how competency-based education impacts the development of a medical student's identity.

Methods

Three ceramic models representing three core competencies 'medical knowledge,' 'patient care,' and 'professionalism' were used as sensitizing objects, while medical s

SUBMITTER: Gonsalves C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5066066 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature