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. 2022 Mar 14:41:203.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.203.28896. eCollection 2022.

A Systems Thinking approach for the creation of effective competency-based medical education programs

Imad Salah Hassan  1 , Amna Khairy AbdulKareem  2 , Noon Hatim Khalid Alrabee  2 , Sahar Faisal Mansour  2 , Safaa Abdelmoneim Fadlelmoula  2 , Eman Abdel-Azim Elhassan  2 , Mukhtar Mohamed Abdelgadir  2 , Mohamed Abdelfatah Mohamed  2 , Sarah Ali Adam  2 , Fatima Obied Bedawi  2 , Mohammed-Elfatih Ahmed Yousif  2 , Roa Awadalla Ahmed  2 , Taysir Altaib Kashif  2
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A Systems Thinking approach for the creation of effective competency-based medical education programs

Imad Salah Hassan et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Successful and sustainable implementation of Competency-based Medical Education (CBME) programs is a significant and daunting challenge facing medical education worldwide. Our manuscript endorses for the first time, Systems Thinking as a concept for transforming and redesigning CBME programs employing the full 7-system elements as advocated by the Biomatrix Systems Theory. The majority of internationally recommended actions and processes for such an endeavor are highlighted, each within its system element. New innovative ideas such as having competency-structured clinical training activities as well as re-writing medical textbooks following a novel competency-based roadmap for their disease monographs etc. are also highlighted. Furthermore, the need for innovative partnerships as well as novel medical rotations that may facilitate the creation of "master clinicians" are also stressed.

Keywords: Competency-based medical education; Systems Thinking; biomatrix tool.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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