Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. The leading medical school accreditation body in the U.S. has removed ...
The medical education community is pushing back against a proposal by the nation’s primary accreditor of medical schools to backtrack on explicit requirements to teach structural competency—or how ...
Physical activity is a cornerstone of musculoskeletal (MSK) health. It reduces pain, improves function and supports recovery from injury.1 Yet, persistent disparities in physical activity and MSK ...
Competency models are used to define which characteristics and performance requirements are needed to meet a certain expectation. A competency is essentially being adept and capable at a certain skill ...
Structural competence, a framework encouraging physicians to recognize the broad forces affecting patients, is yet another valuable analytic concept now facing political pushback. Jeremy A. Greene, ...
Competency models articulate the measurable combination of skills, knowledge, abilities and behaviours required for effective job performance and organisational success. Originating in the late ...