ArticleBMC medical education2023
"We just don't have the resources": Supervisor perspectives on introducing workplace-based assessments into medical specialist training in South Africa.
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Abstract
backgroundSouth Africa (SA) is on the brink of implementing workplace-based assessments (WBA) in all medical specialist training programmes in the country. Despite the fact that competency-based medical education (CBME) has been in place for about two decades, WBA offers new and interesting challenges. The literature indicates that WBA has resource, regulatory, educational and social complexities. Implementing WBA would therefore require a careful approach to this complex challenge. To date, insufficient exploration of WBA practices, experiences, perceptions, and aspirations in healthcare have been undertaken in South Africa or Africa. The aim of this study was to identify factors that could impact WBA implementation from the perspectives of medical specialist educators. The outcomes being reported are themes derived from reported potential barriers and enablers to WBA implementation in the SA context.
methodsThis paper reports on the qualitative data generated from a mixed methods study that employed a parallel convergent design, utilising a self-administered online questionnaire to collect data from participants. Data was analysed thematically and inductively.
resultsThe themes that emerged were: Structural readiness for WBA; staff capacity to implement WBA; quality assurance; and the social dynamics of WBA.
conclusionsParticipants demonstrated impressive levels of insight into their respective working environments, producing an extensive list of barriers and enablers. Despite significant structural and social barriers, this cohort perceives the impending implementation of WBA to be a positive development in registrar training in South Africa. We make recommendations for future research, and to the medical specialist educational leaders in SA.
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