Educational Terms: Knowledge, Competence, Performance, and Patient Outcomes
Educational Terms: Knowledge, Competence, Performance, and Patient Outcomes
An exploration of the key terms of the ACCME Criteria — knowledge, competence, performance, and patient outcomes — in the context of adult education, with Steve Singer, PhD, ACCME Vice President for Education & Outreach. This...
ACCME’s requirements are intended to support your educational leadership; to help you create high-quality, effective continuing medical education, or CME. But, we can’t take re-sponsibility for these insights, however; this ‘...
Accredited providers are required to understand the issues with knowledge or competence or performance that underlie a professional practice gap. Problems with knowledge, competence or performance that...
Criterion 1 says, "expected results articulated in terms of changes in competence, performance, or patient outcomes that will be the result of the program." What definition of "competence" is ACCME using?...