Reimagining leaderboards

Competency models have been widely employed within education, training and development contexts. In particular, medical education programs have become a platform of exploration around innovations in competency-based assessment. Approaches that employ dynamic, flexible models in a social context are now being sought. In this paper, we present the design of a deliberately gamifiable competency model system that encourages pre-professional development through collaborative peer appraisals. We propose a framework for incorporating social game mechanics into a competency modelling system and draw attention to how a collaborative approach to evidencing progress is a potentially fruitful solution to the threat of demotivation associated with the competitive slant of traditional leaderboards.