Scaling and comparing the competencies of a medical expert

Journal Title: JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1

Abstract

Objective: In this study, it was studied what "wanted competencies of a medical expert " should be by scaling study with pairwise comparison to determined.  Patient care Medical knowledge Practice-based learning and improvement Interpersonal communication skills Professionalism Systems-based practice were reported as the competencies of The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Method: Scaling; allows the data obtained from subject and judge reactions to be transformed into more meaningful and qualitative data through statistical procedures and facilitates interpretation of data.This research was performed on 34 doctors who works at faculty of medicine in Hacettepe University and 47 medical students.  Results and According to the results of scaling study by pair-wise comparison, when "wanted competencies of a medical expert " was sorted from the most desired competence to the least desired competence by doctors, it was determined that the most desired competence was " Medical knowledge ". for students; the most desired competence was Practice-based learning. And the least desired competence was determined as “Patient care” for doctors and “Systems-based practice” for students.Conclusion: In terms of competence of specialist physicians there are differences in terms of specialist physicians and medical students.

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Nezaket Bilge Uzun, Melih Elçin

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  • EP ID EP423492
  • DOI 10.16899/gopctd.358848
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Nezaket Bilge Uzun, Melih Elçin (2018). Scaling and comparing the competencies of a medical expert. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE, 8(1), 37-43. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-423492