Implementation of competency-based medical education for postgraduate courses in India

Abstract

IntRoductIon Competency‐based medical education (CBME) has been acknowledged as the need of the hour owing to the multiple benefits associated with it over traditional curriculum.[1] CBME is a learner‐driven process, with teachers serving the role of facilitator, and it allows a learner to acquire the desired skills at their own pace.[1] Competency refers to the habitual and judicious use of various attributes required to improve the health of an individual patient and the community. In general, competency is always more than one domain (viz., comprises knowledge, skills, and attitudes in varying combinations), whereas entrustable professional activities (EPAs) comprise more than one competencies.[1,2]