• Ir J Med Sci · Feb 2023

    Competencies required for graduated physicians: the integration of Englander's common taxonomy in a validated scale for the assessment of competency acquiring in undergraduate medical education.

    • Said El Hage, Mirna N Chahine, Georgio Sayde, Michael Daaboul, El MasriJadJFaculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon. Jad.almasri@st.ul.edu.lb.Neuroscience Research Center, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon. Jad.almasri@st.ul.edu.lb., and Pascale Salameh.
    • Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon.
    • Ir J Med Sci. 2023 Feb 1; 192 (1): 499507499-507.

    BackgroundCompetency-based medical education has been emerging as a new educational model for learning. The development of medical education in Middle Eastern countries lacks basic literature in the area of medical education, particularly competency-based medical education (CBME).AimOur objective is to validate a brief/rapid scale that informs us on the current perception of the acquiring of competencies of medical students and graduates from the Lebanese University, Lebanon.MethodsA survey containing the Englander's common taxonomy for medical competencies-a set of 57 items-was distributed to medical students and graduates from the Lebanese University. Three parameters were used for the validation of this scale: construct validity using the principal component analysis technique, internal reliability using Cronbach alpha, and convergent validity using Pearson correlation.ResultsA total of 377 participants responded to the survey. Factor analysis, using Varimax rotation, showed appropriate loading of domains; loadings varied between 0.648 and 0.899. Construct validity showed for all competencies loaded appropriately in their respective domains; loadings ranged between 0.656 and 0.913. Cronbach alpha values were very good to excellent (0.868 to 0.932). Pearson correlation coefficients showed a good correlation with the total score and varied between 0.739 and 0.893 (p < 0.0001).ConclusionThe Englander's common taxonomy scale is valid and reliable among Lebanese medical students and could be used for concise assessment of current and past medical education in faculties among Lebanese medical students. Using such scales can be used in assessing the improvement of medical education towards CBME.© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.

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