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Toward competency based continuing professional development for practicing surgeons
Ist Teil von
The American journal of surgery, 2021-12, Vol.222 (6), p.1139-1145
Ort / Verlag
United States: Elsevier Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2021
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete
Beschreibungen/Notizen
There has been a recent call for formal competency assessments of practicing physicians and surgeons to form a framework of competency based continuing professional development (CBCPD).
An email questionnaire was conducted regarding CBCPD. Responses were further used to inform development of semi-structured interviews.
There were 58 questionnaire respondents (42%). There was moderate support for assessment of surgeons’ technical skills (50.9%) or decision making (56.6%). Support was highest for a mechanism to flag surgeons in need of a focused competence assessment (83.0%). Eight surgeons participated in interviews. Interviews identified a range of benefits of CBCPD but also several challenges to implementation, including the need for fair, data-driven assessments, taking into account patient outcomes.
Through listening to surgeon concerns and recommendations for implementation strategies, this study’s findings may support development of an effective CBCPD strategy with the potential to be embraced by surgeons and foster an environment of improved safety and performance.
•Competency assessment of practicing surgeons may benefit both patients and surgeons.•Care must be taken when planning Competency Based Continuing Professional Development.•An effective program should use valid, data-driven measures including patient outcomes.•Assessments must be tailored to surgical specialty and scope and phase of practice.