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      Design and Implementation of Competency Based Postgraduate Medical Education in Otorhinolaryngology: The Pilot Experience in India

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          The worldwide call for a shift towards competency based postgraduate medical education has until recently gone largely unheeded in India, despite the Medical Council of India enshrining the principle in its regulations for postgraduate institutions. This paper details the first concrete attempt at establishing a CBME curriculum in Otorhinolaryngology in India. The design and implementation of the CBME curriculum was carried out in four phases, in a time-bound manner over a period of 6 months. Phase I consisted of an extensive literature review and a clarification of the major objectives of the program. Phase II involved the listing out of 20–30 entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for each specialty and the 13 core EPAs common to all incoming residents and the subsequent mapping of these EPAs to their respective domains of competence and year-wise levels of competence. This was followed by the development of milestones for each EPA and appropriate clinical vignettes. Phase III focused on development of 360° assessment strategies, including the in-house development of an e-portfolio. Phase IV was dedicated to the implementation of the CBME curriculum, and involved various sensitization and orientation programs for faculty and the new residents. This exercise in designing and implementing a CBME program showed the important role that intra-departmental and inter-institutional cross-communication and exchange of ideas vies-a-vie workshops and personal communication play in bridging the lapses in knowledge in this emerging area, reaching consensus to achieve project goals and for finding relevant solutions to common problems. Medical education in India presents its own peculiar set of logistical and cultural challenges. Keeping in line with the recommendations of the Medical Council of India regarding Postgraduate Medical Education, it is essential that medical colleges in India not fall behind the international paradigm shift towards CBME.

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          Contributors
          karthikent73@gmail.com
          Journal
          Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
          Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
          Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
          Springer India (New Delhi )
          2231-3796
          0973-7707
          23 August 2018
          October 2019
          : 71
          : Suppl 1
          : 671-678
          Affiliations
          GRID grid.465050.2, ISNI 0000 0004 1761 9686, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, , Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, ; Pondy-Cuddalore Main Road, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, 607 403 India
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          PMC6848633 PMC6848633 6848633 1474
          10.1007/s12070-018-1474-5
          6848633
          31742040
          ebe5622e-2bec-4a99-adcd-c3bf925b9b68
          © Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2018
          History
          : 22 June 2018
          : 17 August 2018
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          © Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2019

          Medical education,EPA,Competency based medical education,Entrustable professional activities

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