Category: PhD

PhD Thesis available from Monash University Library

https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Do_we_preach_what_we_practice_The_development_of_competency_frameworks_in_healthcare_professions_/19164818

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A six-step model for developing competency frameworks in the healthcare professions

Competency frameworks are developed for a variety of purposes, including describing professional practice and informing education and assessment frameworks. Despite the volume of competency frameworks developed in the healthcare professions, guidance remains unclear and is inconsistently adhered to (perhaps in part due to a lack of organising frameworks), there is variability in methodological choices, inconsistently…

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New ways of seeing: supplementing existing competency framework development guidelines with systems thinking

05/05/2021 – this paper has now been accepted for publication in Advances in Health Sciences Education. The accepted version can be viewed here: The revised second paper in my PhD is finally ready for peer-review. The abstract is contained below, and if you’re interested in reading the pre-print version, the link to the PDF is…

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Writing advice from Hemingway

The first draft of anything is shit.

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Goodbye Mendeley, Hello Zotero!

This was a somewhat inevitable transition given my recent focus on privacy, data governance, sharing and the want for local control and access. I didn’t mind the removal of the social networking aspect of Mendeley, but the demise of the mobile app was too great of an impact on my workflow to continue using Mendeley….

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PhD overview: Do we preach what we practice? Capturing the complexities of clinical practice in health professions education.

My PhD research aims to explore competency frameworks in the health professions. This includes reviewing how they have been developed to date, outlining implications of these findings, identifying means by which the development process could be improved, and proposing updated reporting and evaluation processes. The project will include the development of a competency framework as…

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CCME 2020 Abstracts and posters

In light of the cancellation of the Canadian Conference on Medical Education which was due to be held in Vancouver in April 2020, here are the two abstracts (with posters) that I was due to present. In addition, all accepted workshops, orals and posters will be published in the Canadian Medical Education Journal (link to…

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Preprint: Six steps in the right direction: guiding the development of competency frameworks in healthcare professions.

The second paper in my PhD is finally ready for peer-review. The abstract is contained below, and if you’re interested in reading the pre-print version, the link to the PDF is contained below the abstract. Abstract The development of competency frameworks in healthcare professions is characterised by potentially inadequate descriptions of practice, variable developmental approaches,…

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Updated writing workflow: PhD version

Following on from my description of my workflow for my Masters (http://alanbatt.net/?p=1112) I’ve recently shared my updated workflow with a number of friends, and online several times, so figured it would be good to provide an update here. The main influence on my workflow in recent years has been the concept of ‘Deep Work’ (see…

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CONFERD-HP Guideline Registered

CONFERD-HP stands for the Guideline for Reporting COmpeteNcy FramEwoRk Development in Healthcare Professions. CONFERD-HP is a consensus-based reporting guideline that is being developed via the recommended EQUATOR Network methodology as a component of my PhD. Our scoping review of competency framework development in healthcare professions highlighted a number of areas for improvement, including significant variability in the reporting of frameworks. As such, by developing this…

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