Key result
Competency-based training and objective assessments replace traditional time-based surgical apprenticeships in the UK.
Why the study?
Surgical training in the UK has undergone major reforms shifting from time-based to competency-based programs, prompting a review of the transformation of assessment models.
Comparison
Workplace-based assessment model vs apprenticeship model
Design
Review article
Authors
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UK shift to competency-based surgical training warrants outcome evaluation; leaves open prospective validation and applicability elsewhere.
This review highlights the shift in UK surgical training from time-based apprenticeships to competency-based workplace assessments.
Hisham Hurreiz (2019) conducted a review in Surgical training. Competency-based training and objective workplace-based assessment vs. Time-based training and apprenticeship model was evaluated. Competency-based surgical training and objective workplace-based assessments have replaced the traditional time-based apprenticeship model in the UK.
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