<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Medical education programmes worldwide are becoming competency-based, aiming to provide training in all</italic><italic>aspects relevant to the future practice of physicians. These involve competencies that exceed the sole domain of</italic><italic>medical expertise and skills, beholding i.e. communication, collaboration, ethics, and management. Although the</italic><italic>necessity of these so called ‘generic’ competencies has become clear in investigations into workplace and societal</italic><italic>needs, recognition of the importance of these competencies by the medical profession is sometimes challenging.</italic><italic>In this article, the relevance of generic competencies to daily practice is illustrated by two narratives from obstetricsgynaecology.</italic><italic>Subsequent reflection on these narratives illustrates the importance of the incorporation of generic</italic><italic>competencies in medical training.</italic></p></abstract>

Medical education programmes worldwide are becoming competency-based, aiming to provide training in allaspects relevant to the future practice of physicians. These involve competencies that exceed the sole domain ofmedical expertise and skills, beholding i.e. communication, collaboration, ethics, and management. Although thenecessity of these so called ‘generic’ competencies has become clear in investigations into workplace and societalneeds, recognition of the importance of these competencies by the medical profession is sometimes challenging.In this article, the relevance of generic competencies to daily practice is illustrated by two narratives from obstetricsgynaecology.Subsequent reflection on these narratives illustrates the importance of the incorporation of genericcompetencies in medical training.

Generic competencies in postgraduate medical training:their importance illustrated by a doctor’s narrative on competency-based practice

St Lucas Andreas Hospital, Department of Health Care Education, Jan Tooropstraat 164, 1061 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands

VU University Medical Center, Department of Medical Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

generične kompetence v podiplomskem izobraževanju zdravnikov: njihova pomembnost, ilustrirana z izkustveno pripovedjo zdravnika

Medical education programmes worldwide are becoming competency-based, aiming to provide training in allaspects relevant to the future practice of physicians....

Generic competencies in postgraduate medical training:their importance illustrated by a doctor’s narrative on competency-based practice

Published Online: Oct 31, 2012

Page range: 280 - 284

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10152-012-0031-y

Keywords
medical education, postgraduate education, generic competency, narrative, teamwork, management

This content is open access.

Generic competencies in postgraduate medical training:their importance illustrated by a doctor’s narrative on competency-based practice

Published Online: Oct 31, 2012

Page range: 280 - 284

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10152-012-0031-y

Keywordsmedical education, postgraduate education, generic competency, narrative, teamwork, management

This content is open access.

Keywords
medical education, postgraduate education, generic competency, narrative, teamwork, management