Medical school benchmarking – From tools to programmes

Wilkinson, Tim; Hudson, Judith N; McColl, Geoff; Hu, Wendy; Jolly, Brian

doi:10.3109/0142159x.2014.932902

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“…Comparisons of medical education across universities and countries ( Zavlin et al, 2017 , Wilkinson et al, 2014 , Wilkinson et al, 2015 ) as well as different approaches to curriculum design ( Miles et al, 2017 , Berkenbosch et al, 2013 , Lucardie, 2017 ) and forms of assessment ( Haist et al, 2017 , Pearce et al, 2015 ) have been conducted earlier. Likewise, the representation of selected disciplines and diseases in licensing examinations have been investigated ( Fishman et al, 2018 , Hark et al, 19971997 , Kushner et al, 2017 ).…”

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Medical licensing examinations in both Sweden and the US favor pharmacology over lifestyle

Krachler

Jerdén

Tønnesen

et al. 2021

Preventive Medicine Reports

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Medical licensing examinations in both Sweden and the US favor pharmacology over lifestyle

Krachler

Jerdén

Tønnesen

et al. 2021

Preventive Medicine Reports

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“…Benchmarking is a practice grounded in continuous quality improvement that allows an organization to compare key metrics, strategies, and performance to those of other organizations, to identify best practices and develop improvement plans. [13][14][15][16][17] Benchmarking of research skills is a noted gap in medical education. 16 Following a local program evaluation consisting of a resident survey and program document review, we used strategic benchmarking to compare our methods of addressing and assessing scholar competencies in the Anesthesia postgraduate program at the University of Saskatchewan to those of other Canadian anesthesia programs (Figure 1).…”

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Benchmarking a Canadian anesthesiology resident research program against national norms using a logic model framework: a quality improvement study.

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Mutter²,

O'Brien³

et al. 2023

Can. Med. Ed. J

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Background: Canadian specialty training programs are expected to deliver curriculum content and assess competencies related to the CanMEDS Scholar role. We evaluated our residency research program and benchmarked it against national norms for quality improvement purposes. Methods: In 2021, we reviewed departmental curriculum documents and surveyed current and recently graduated residents. We applied a logic model framework to assess if our program’s inputs, activities, and outputs addressed the relevant CanMeds Scholar competencies. We then descriptively benchmarked our results against a 2021 environmental scan of Canadian anesthesiology resident research programs. Results: Local program content was successfully mapped to competencies. The local survey response rate was 40/55 (73%). In benchmarking, our program excelled in providing milestone-related assessments, research funding, administrative, supervisory, and methodologic support, and requiring a literature review, proposal presentation, and local abstract submission as output. Acceptable activities to meet research requirements vary greatly among programs. Balancing competing clinical and research responsibilities was a frequently reported challenge. Conclusions: The logic model framework was easily applied and demonstrated our program benchmarked well against national norms. National level dialogue is needed to develop specific, consistent scholar role activities and competency assessments to bridge the gap between expected outcome standards and education practice.

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“…Benchmarking is an important exercise when developing medical education curricula, in order to ensure quality improvement takes place, and to give evidence for this improvement to stakeholders [29], and its deployment in this process ensures the quality, and sufficiency, of the intern year EPAs. Future research could benchmark the EPAs for interns in Ireland with other systems, for example the UK Foundation Professional Capabilities [30], to further explore the strength of the Irish framework in comparison to international standards.…”

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The development of a framework of entrustable professional activities for the intern year in Ireland

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Background: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are units of professional practice that capture essential competencies in which trainees must become proficient before undertaking them independently. EPAs provide supervisors with a solid justification for delegating an activity to trainees. This study aimed to develop and ensure face validity of a set of EPAs for junior doctors in the first year of clinical practice in the Republic of Ireland. Methods: An iterative eight stage consensus building process was used to develop the set of EPAs. This process was based on international best practice recommendations for EPA development. A series of surveys and workshops with stakeholders was used to develop a framework of EPAs and associated competencies. An external stakeholder consultation survey was then conducted by the Irish Medical Council. The framework of EPAs was then benchmarked against the 13 core EPAs developed by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Results: A framework of seven EPAs, and associated competencies resulted from this study. These EPAs address all core activities that junior doctors should be readily entrusted with at the end of the intern year, which is the first year of clinical practice in the Republic of Ireland. Each EPA contains a series of defined competencies. The final EPAs were found to be comparable to the AAMC core EPAs for entering residency. Conclusions: A framework of EPAs for interns in Ireland that are appropriate for the intern year has been developed by key stakeholders. The implementation of the EPAs in practice is the next step, and is likely to result in an improved intern training process and increased patient safety.

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Medical school benchmarking – From tools to programmes

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Medical licensing examinations in both Sweden and the US favor pharmacology over lifestyle

Medical licensing examinations in both Sweden and the US favor pharmacology over lifestyle

Benchmarking a Canadian anesthesiology resident research program against national norms using a logic model framework: a quality improvement study.

The development of a framework of entrustable professional activities for the intern year in Ireland

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