Development of a framework for a dental curriculum to align to AfriMEDS Competency Framework through document analysis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17159/sadj.v79i07.18335Keywords:
competency, implementation, overarchingAbstract
In response to the adoption of the AfriMEDS competency framework by the HPCSA, all dental schools in South Africa were required to incorporate and implement these core competencies described in AfriMEDS within the undergraduate curricula. Due to the paucity of literature on how dental schools have implemented the AfriMEDS core competencies framework, an exploration of the latter is invaluable. The aim of the study was to develop an implementation framework to align the undergraduate dental curriculum at a dental school in South Africa to the AfriMEDS competency framework.
Downloads
References
1. Hawkins RE, Welcher CM, Holmboe ES, Kirk LM, Norcini JJ, Simons KB, Skochelak SE. Implementation of competency‐based medical education: are we addressing the concerns and challenges? Med Educ. 2015;49(11):1086-102. doi: 10.1111/medu.12831
2. Van Melle E, Frank JR, Holmboe ES, Dagnone D, Stockley D, Sherbino J. A core components framework for evaluating implementation of competency-based medical education programs. Acad Med. 2019;94:1002-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002743
3. Van Heerden B. Effectively addressing the health needs of South Africa’s population: The role of health professions education in the 21st century. S. Afr Med J. 2013;103:21-2. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.6463
4. Maart R, Adam R, Frantz J. Curriculum mapping: A tool to align competencies in a dental curriculum. AJHPE. 2021;13(2):99-104. doi: 10.7196/AJHPE.2021.v13i2.1257
5. Frank JR, Danoff D. The CanMEDS initiative: implementing an outcomes-based framework of physician competencies. Med Teach. 2007;29:642-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/01421590701746983
6. Van Der Lee N, Fokkema JPI, Westerman M, Driessen EW, Van Der Vleuten CP, Scherpbier AJ, Scheele F. The CanMEDS framework: Relevant but not quite the whole story. Med Teach. 2013;35:949-55. https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2013.827329
7. Ditmyer M, Mobley C, Davenport W. Evaluation of an integrative model for professional development and research. JDE. 2014;78:368-79. doi: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2014.78.3.tb05687.x
8. Yip H-K, Smales RJ. Review of competency-based education in dentistry. Br Dent J. 2000;189:324-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800758
9. Cowpe J, Plasschaert A, Harzer W, Vinkka-Puhakka H, Walmsley A. Profile and competences for the graduating European dentist – update 2009. Eur J Dent Educ. 2010;14:193-202. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0579.2009.00609.x
10. Gerrow J, Murphy J, Boyd M. Review and revision of the competencies for a beginning dental practitioner in Canada. JCDA. 2007;73(2):157-60
11. Englander R, Cameron T, Ballard A, Dodge J, Bull J, Aschenbrener C. Toward a common taxonomy of competency domains for the health professions and competencies for physicians. Acad Med. 2013;88:1088-94. doi: 10.1097/AMC.0b013e31829a3b2b
12. Harris P, Snell L, Talbot M, Harden RM. Competency-based medical education: Implications for undergraduate programs. Med Teach. 2010;32(8):646-50. https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2010.500703
13. Begum N, Saini R. Decolonising the curriculum. Political Stud. Rev. 2019;17:196-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478929918808459
14. Naidu T. Southern exposure: levelling the Northern tilt in global medical and medical humanities education. Adv Health Sci Educ. 2021;26:739-752. Doi: 10.1007/s10459-020-09976-9
15. Frank JR. (Ed.). The CanMEDS Physician Competency Framework. Better standards, better physicians, better care. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. 2005
16. Ten Cate O, Scheele F. Viewpoint: Competency-based postgraduate training: Can we bridge the gap between theory and clinical practice? Acad Med. 2007;82:542-7. doi:10.1097/AMC.0b013e31805559c7
17. Chou S, Cole G, McLaughlin K, Lockyer J. CanMEDS evaluation in Canadian postgraduate training programmes: Tools used and programme director satisfaction. Med Educ. 2008;42:879-86. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03111.x
18. Porter AC. Measuring the content of instruction: Uses in research and practice. Educ Res J. 2002;31:314.https://doi.org/10.3102/ 0013189X031007003
19. Rich JV. Do professions represent competence for entry-to-practice in similar ways? An exploration of competence frameworks through document analysis. JoSoTL. 2019;13:5
20. Bowen GA. Document analysis as a qualitative research method. Qual Res J. 2009;9:27-40. https://doi.org/10.3316/QRJ0902027
21. Maart R, Adam R, Frantz J. Dental educators’ views and knowledge of competencies required within a competency framework. S Afr Dent J. 2022;76:482-9. doi:10.17159/2519-0105/2021/v76no8a6
22. Gruppen LD, Burkhardt JC, Fitzgerald JT, Funnell M, Haftel HM, Lypson ML, Vasquez JA. Competency-based education: Programme design and challenges to implementation. Med Educ. 2016;50(5):532-539. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.12977
23. Van Schalkwyk SC, Kiguli-Malwadde E, Budak JZ, Reid MJ, De Villiers MR. Identifying research priorities for health professions education research in sub-Saharan Africa using a modified Delphi method. BMC Med Educ. 2020;20(1):1-10
24. Maart RD, Adam RZ, Frantz JM. Exploring the feasibility of a framework to align a competency framework in a dental curriculum: a Delphi study. South African Dental Journal. 2022 Apr;77(3):147-54
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
.png){kind=spacer}