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Monkey see, monkey do: a critique of the competency model in graduate medical education
Author(s) -
Talbot Martin
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2004.01794.x
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , criticism , sine qua non , graduate medical education , psychology , medical education , engineering ethics , pedagogy , medicine , social psychology , political science , engineering , accreditation , law
Background Graduate medical education in the UK is in danger of being subsumed in a minimalist discourse of competency. Argument While accepting that competence in a doctor is a sine qua non , the author criticises the construction of a graduate and specialist medical education based solely upon a competency model. Many competency models follow the concepts of either academic competence or operational competence, both of which have lately been subject to criticism. Conclusion The author discusses the need for replacing such criterion‐referenced models in favour of a model that engages the higher order competence, performance and understanding which represent professional practice at its best.