🔹 Beyond the Logbook: Redefining What Surgical Competence Really Means A logbook records that a procedure was performed. It says nothing about whether it was performed well, whether the decision to perform it was correct, or whether the patient had a good outcome. In an era where we have the tools to measure all of these things, continuing to treat case numbers as the primary marker of surgical readiness is a choice we should examine carefully. The surgical logbook was introduced as a proxy for experience at a time when experience was the best available surrogate for competence. The logic was straightforward: sufficient exposure to a procedure would produce sufficient skill to perform it safely. This logic is not wrong, but it is incomplete. The relationship between case volume and clinical competence is not linear, not universal, and not well-captured by counting procedures without reference to how they were performed, what was learned from them, or what happened to the patients afterward. Competence-based medical education — the framework that underlies current UK and international postgraduate surgical training — shifts the question from "how many cases has this trainee done?" to "what can this trainee reliably do, with what level of supervision, based on demonstrated performance in assessed cases?" This is a more demanding and more honest framework. It requires systematic observation of performance, structured feedback, and progressive entrustment of procedural independence based on evidence rather than calendar time. Entrustable Professional Activities — the framework of discrete, observable clinical tasks that form the building blocks of surgical competence — provide a vocabulary for this assessment. A trainee who has demonstrated entrustable competence in total shoulder arthroplasty in a well-supervised environment, with consistent procedural accuracy and sound peri-operative decision-making, is more reliably ready for independent practice than one who has the same procedure recorded in a logbook under variable supervision and without systematic outcome tracking. "A surgeon who has performed 200 procedures with consistently good outcomes and has reflected systematically on every one is more prepared for independent practice than one who has performed the same number without either. The logbook captures neither distinction." 💬 How should surgical training assessment evolve — and what single change would most improve the relationship between training quality and patient outcomes in your specialty? — Professor Mo Imam | MD · PhD · FRCS (Tr&Orth) #TheArmDoc | MoImam.co.uk #SurgicalTraining #CompetencyBased #MedicalEducation #OrthopaedicTraining #TheArmDoc

A focused four-day #workshop on #PARAKHTaxonomy & #QuestionBankDevelopment for the #ITMS Portal was organized by #UttarakhandBoardofSchoolEducation #Ramnagar #Nainital in collaboration with #PARAKH. The workshop emphasized the transition from rote-based testing to #competencybased #assessment practices as per #NEP2020. 🇮🇳📖 📅 Date: 19 - 22 May, 2026 📍Venue: #SCERT #Dehradun #Uttarakhand

These international organisation take longer than private sector - 3 to 6 months from application to offer is standard. They are heavily competencybased in interviews The UN system has its own language - learn terms like results-based management, SDGs, and theory of change before any interview. Nepotism is less of a factor than in Nigerian private sector hiring - processes are structured and documented. The pay is in dollars, the tax advantages, the global network, and the mission driven work are genuinely unique.

🔎Deep dive into #PRS2024 findings 🧠 Understanding #HPC as #competencybased 💬 Building data interpretation for real school impact * Strengthening district level decision making 📘 Moving from reports to results. 📊 Data →💡Insight →🎯 Action→📚Better Learning #Etah #UP

Alright, we can finally say it. The Revamped CPA qualification is here, and it is exactly what we promised. New. Bold. Future ready. Built to grow real competence through practice, aligned with what employers need, and structured in four clear levels with pathways for both public and private sector careers. If you have been waiting for the right moment, this is it. Read more about the Revamped CPA via: icparwanda.com/press-release… #RevampedCPA #ICPARwanda #CPARwanda #NewBoldFutureReady #CompetencyBased #EmployerFocused #PublicSector #PrivateSector #ProfessionalExcellence

Our new State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning establishes an end-state policy structure for those seeking to advance the growth of #StudentCentered and #CompetencyBased approaches. Let’s transform education, together. knowledgeworks.org/state-pol… #EdPolicy

Competency is more than a buzzword, it's the backbone of performance. At CroxxTalent, we use AI to assess, develop & match real skills to real opportunities. Because when you grow the right skills, everything else follows. #CroxxTalent #HRTech #CompetencyBased #TalentDevelopment

The Digital Literacy Teachers Training Workshop officially kicked off at Wajir Heritage Resort, proudly sponsored by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and implemented by the Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC). Teachers were trained on integrating ICT into the CompetencyBased

[Webinar] View this webinar to hear bestselling author Carol Ann Tomlinson & leaders from Lindsay Unified School District make the case for competency-based learning and authentic performance tasks. hubs.li/Q03gqq0W0 @LindsayUnified @cat3y #CompetencyBased #CBE #Edu

[Webinar] View this webinar to hear bestselling author Carol Ann Tomlinson & leaders from Lindsay Unified School District make the case for competency-based learning and authentic performance tasks. hubs.li/Q038VrB10 @LindsayUnified @cat3y #CompetencyBased #CBE #Edu

Explore the impacts of competency-based learning and how to incorporate this model into your classroom to enhance students' future-ready and durable skills! hubs.li/Q034V0w10 #FutureReady #DefinedCareers #CompetencyBased #21stEdChat

[Webinar] View this webinar to hear bestselling author Carol Ann Tomlinson & leaders from Lindsay Unified School District make the case for competency-based learning and authentic performance tasks. hubs.li/Q034V2Yl0 @LindsayUnified @cat3y #CompetencyBased #CBE #Edu

[Webinar] View this webinar to hear bestselling author Carol Ann Tomlinson & leaders from Lindsay Unified School District make the case for competency-based learning and authentic performance tasks. hubs.li/Q02ZnhDP0 @LindsayUnified @cat3y #CompetencyBased #CBE #Edu

[Webinar] View this webinar to hear bestselling author Carol Ann Tomlinson & leaders from Lindsay Unified School District make the case for competency-based learning and authentic performance tasks. hubs.li/Q02ZnmZ00 @LindsayUnified @cat3y #CompetencyBased #CBE #Edu

Are you an #elementary educator looking to get started with #CBE? Sign up for the Faculty Summit and hear from Aurora's @lauriegagnon98! Take a look and register today! hubs.li/Q02-JR-Y0 #edchat #competencybased #learnercentered

Arizona’s (@azedschools) mastery-based diploma lets students’ progress at their own pace, offering a flexible, student-centered path to graduation that recognizes individual strengths and goals. bit.ly/3BOROhJ #CompetencyBased

#Integrated #LearningCentered #Sustainable #CompetencyBased #OutcomesOriented This is how #HealthEquity & #justice curricula should be... This is how the @washumedicine #Gateway curriculum was made... Read more in this #JGIM #perspective buff.ly/47iXJaw

Explore the impacts of competency-based learning and how to incorporate this model into your classroom to enhance students' future-ready and durable skills! hubs.li/Q02G6HFG0 #FutureReady #DefinedCareers #CompetencyBased #21stEdChat

🌍 #ProjectVidyasagar by #PARAKH & PHDCCI reached 30 locations, training thousands of teachers in data-driven instruction, #CompetencyBased learning & NCF-SE 2023. Empowering educators across India for a unified educational approach. #SchoolEducation #NCFSE2023 @indranibhaduri

Half yearly exam commenced across different complex head/exam centers in kargil. @DietKargil faculties supervising the exam centers to ensure smooth conduct. This year, 50% #competencybased questions were included in 8th class papers. @DIPR_Kargil @LAHDC_Kgl @dse_ladakh