Competence Revisited in a Rural Context.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:General competencies developed in undergraduate and graduate medical education are sometimes promoted as applicable in any practice context. However, rural practice presents challenges and opportunities that may require unique training. The objectives of this national survey of both undergraduate and graduate medical educators and practicing physicians were to further develop a previously published list of competency domains for working in rural communities and to assess their relative importance in education and practice. METHODS:Using six rural competency domains first refined with a national group at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Meeting in Baltimore in 2008, the authors employed a snowball strategy to survey medical educators and physicians regarding the importance and relevance of this list and to solicit additional domains and competencies. RESULTS:All six domains were considered important, with average responses for each domain ranging from 4.16 to 4.78 on a 5-point Likert scale (1-not important; 5-extremely important). Unique relevance to rural practice was more varied, with average responses for domains ranging from 2.36 to 3.6 (1-not at all unique; 5-extremely unique). Analysis of free text responses identified two important new domains-Comprehensiveness and Agency/Courage-and provided clarification of some competencies within existing domains. CONCLUSIONS:This study validates and further elaborates dimensions of competence believed to be important in rural practice. The authors propose these domains as a common language and framework for addressing the unique challenges and opportunities that training and practicing in a rural setting present.

journal_name

Fam Med

journal_title

Family medicine

authors

Longenecker RL,Wendling A,Hollander-Rodriguez J,Bowling J,Schmitz D

doi

10.22454/FamMed.2018.712527

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-01-01 00:00:00

pages

28-36

issue

1

eissn

0742-3225

issn

1938-3800

journal_volume

50

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