Assessment of professional competence: practical implications

Authors

Nagesh B. Pai, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

111750

Publication Details

Pai, N. B. (2016). Assessment of professional competence: practical implications. MedCon 2016: 2nd Trans-National Conference on Medical Education Technology (pp. 6-6).

Link to publisher version (URL)

Government Medical College Thrissur

Abstract

Professionalism, as a concept, has been the subject of major change over the millennia in general and the last century specifically. Assessing professionalism as an outcome measure of medical education mirrors the trend to measure outcomes of patient care as indicators of health care quality. Assessment motivates students to learn what is important and informs teachers whether programme expectations are clear and whether students have learned from these experiences.