05\/05\/2021 – this paper has now been accepted for publication in Advances in Health Sciences Education. The accepted version can be viewed here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revised second paper in my PhD is finally ready for peer-review. The abstract is contained below, and if you\u2019re interested in reading the pre-print version, the link to the PDF is contained below the abstract. Note that this is not peer-reviewed, and the pre-print has not been deposited elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17\/11\/2020 Update: further revised version is now available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Competency\nframeworks provide a link between professional practice, education, training,\nand assessment. They support and inform downstream processes such as curriculum\ndesign, assessment, accreditation and professional accountability. However,\nexisting guidelines are limited in accounting for the complexities of\nprofessional practice potentially undermining utility of such guidelines and\nvalidity of outcomes. This necessitates additional ways of \u201cseeing\u201d situated\nand context-specific practice. We highlight what a conceptual framework\ninformed by systems thinking can offer when developing competency frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Systems-Thinking\nApproach<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mirroring shifts\ntowards systems thinking in program evaluation and quality improvement, we\nsuggest that similar approaches that identify and make use of the role and\ninfluence of system features and contexts can provide ways of augmenting existing\nguidelines when developing competency frameworks. We framed a systems thinking\napproach in two ways. First by adapting Ecological Systems Theory (EST) which\noffers a realist perspective of the person and environment, and the evolving\ninteraction between the two. Second, by leveraging complexity thinking, which\nobligates attention to the relationships and influences of features within the\nsystem, we can explore the multiple complex, unique, and context-embedded\nproblems that exist within and have stake in real-world practice settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ability to represent clinical practice when developing competency frameworks can be improved when features that may be relevant, including their potential interactions, are identified and understood. A conceptual framework informed by systems thinking makes visible features of a practice in context that may otherwise be overlooked when developing competency frameworks using existing guidelines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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