4 results match your criteria: "and the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa[Affiliation]"
Procedures most frequently performed by South African-trained general surgeons - implications for training and assessment.
S Afr J Surg
October 2024
Department of Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Background: Workplace-based assessment (WBA) is being introduced across postgraduate training in South Africa. This study was undertaken to inform the selection of the core procedures for WBA, by determining the most frequently performed procedures in general surgery practice. These findings may also assist academic centres undertaking curriculum review to determine whether or not they are training surgeons who are competent to meet the current local needs of society.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEntrustable Professional Activities in Postgraduate General Surgery Training: A Scoping Review.
Ann Surg
June 2024
Center for Research and Development of Education, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Objective: To provide an overview of the current use of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in postgraduate general surgery training internationally.
Background: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) were introduced to connect clinical competencies and the professional activities to be entrusted to trainees on graduation. The popularity of EPAs as a framework for assessment is growing globally, including in general surgery.
Competency Assessment of General Surgery Trainees: A Perspective From the Global South, in a CBME-Naive Context.
J Surg Educ
October 2023
Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, and the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, South Africa.
Objective: Before proceeding with local implementation of competency-based medical education-related assessment practices designed and evaluated in the Global North, we sought to challenge the assumption that this would be perceived as both necessary and acceptable in our context where training and assessment is based on a traditional, knowledge-focused approach. The aim of this study was to determine the perspectives of general surgery trainees and consultants towards the assessment of competence, how this has been achieved previously, and how it should be performed in the future at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
Design: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with consultants and trainees.
Entrustable professional activities in postgraduate general surgery training: a scoping review protocol.
BMJ Open
March 2023
Center for Research and Development of Education, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Article Synopsis
- - The competency-based medical education (CBME) movement is growing in postgraduate surgical training, highlighting the need for effective implementation using Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) to link learners' competencies with professional tasks.
- - This scoping review will analyze the application of EPAs in general surgery from 2005 to 2022, identifying existing research and gaps through an extensive review of peer-reviewed and grey literature across various databases.
- - The review has been approved by the University of Cape Town's ethics board and will aim to publish its findings to enhance understanding and application of EPAs in surgical education.