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http://dx.doi.org/10.17496/kmer.2015.17.3.110

Recommendations for the Successful Design and Implementation of Competency-Based Medical Education in Korea  

Yoon, Bo Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine)
Choi, Ikseon (Learning, Design, and Technology Program, The University of Georgia College of Education)
Kim, Sejin (Learning, Design, and Technology Program, The University of Georgia College of Education)
Park, Hyojin (Learning, Design, and Technology Program, The University of Georgia College of Education)
Ju, Hyunjung (Learning, Design, and Technology Program, The University of Georgia College of Education)
Rhee, Byoung Doo (Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine)
Lee, Jong-Tae (Department of Preventive Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine)
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Korean Medical Education Review / v.17, no.3, 2015 , pp. 110-121 More about this Journal
Abstract
Competency-based medical education (CBME) is an outcome-oriented curriculum model for medical education that organizes learning activities and assessment methods according to defined competencies as the learning outcomes of a given curriculum. CBME emerged to address the accountability of medical education in response to growing concerns about the patient safety in North America in the 1970s, and the number of medical schools adopting CBME has dramatically increased since 1990. In Korea, CBME has been under consideration as an alternative curriculum model to reform medical education since 2006. The purpose of this paper is three-fold: (1) to review the literature on CBME to identify the challenges and benefits reported in North America, (2) to summarize the process and experiences of planning and implementing CBME at Inje University College of Medicine, and finally (3) to provide recommendations for Korean medical schools to be better prepared for the successful adoption of CBME. In conclusion, one of the key factors for successful CBME implementation in Korea is how well an individual school can modify the current curriculum and rearrange the existing resources in a way that will enhance students' competencies while maximizing the strengths of the school's existing curriculum.
Keywords
Competency-based medical education; Competency-based curriculum; Outcome-based curriculum; Korea; North America;
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