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ArticlePerspectives on medical education2026

CORE-HPE Reporting Guidelines: Standardizing Reporting for Competency-Based Health Professions Education Outcomes Research.

Aleda M H Chen, Denise H Rhoney, Susan Humphrey-Murto, Mary Ellen J Goldhamer, Linda Snell, Holly Caretta-Weyer, Daniel J Schumacher, Soeren Huwendiek, Arvin Damodaran, Andrew K Hall and 7 more

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Article in Perspectives on medical education, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Aleda M H ChenUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4636-8260
Denise H RhoneyUNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0646-6111
Susan Humphrey-MurtoUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5817-1940
Mary Ellen J GoldhamerDivision of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-8791
Linda SnellMcGill University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-5207
Holly Caretta-WeyerStanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9783-5797
Daniel J SchumacherCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5507-8452
Soeren HuwendiekDepartment for Assessment and Evaluation, Institute for Medical Education, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6116-9633
Arvin DamodaranSchool of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-9483
Andrew K HallRoyal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1227-5397
Robert EnglanderDepartment of Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-1320
Laura MolgaardUniversity of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1361-0794
Anna OswaldRoyal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3510-4294
Pedro TanakaStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4723-3122
Fremen Chihchen ChouChina Medical University Hospital, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7932-5056
Jason R FrankUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6076-0146
as members of the International Competency-based Education in the Health Professions Collaborators

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Competency-Based Health Professions Education (CBHPE) is increasingly implemented; however, CBHPE outcomes research remains difficult to interpret and synthesize when studies incompletely report the CBHPE model and other elements. Objective: To develop structured reporting guidelines for CBHPE outcomes studies to improve transparency, interpretability, and transferability across educational contexts and professions. Methods: A multi-phase, iterative consensus-development process was used to create a CBHPE outcomes reporting checklist aligned with a CBHPE Outcomes Theory of Change. Draft reporting elements were generated and refined through structured writing-group deliberations, broad stakeholder feedback gathered through interactive town hall sessions within the ICBHPE Collaborative, and iterative revision cycles. The checklist was then pilot-tested with non-expert users to assess clarity, feasibility, and usability, and revisions were made to reduce redundancy, harmonize terminology, and strengthen guidance for high-impact reporting domains. Results: The final product is a structured reporting checklist, organized by manuscript section, accompanied by brief item descriptions and rationales, and registered with EQUATOR. The guidelines prioritize reporting elements that support causal interpretability in CBHPE outcomes research, including specification of the CBHPE intervention architecture and core components, program theory and intended mechanisms, implementation fidelity and adaptations, assessment system design and governance for progression decisions, multi-level outcomes and indicators across developmental timeframes, contextual enablers and constraints, and equity considerations. Conclusions: These CBHPE outcomes reporting recommendations provide a practical tool and guideline for authors, reviewers, and editors to strengthen the completeness and consistency of CBHPE outcomes reporting and should be considered before beginning a study. Adoption of this checklist may improve interpretability and evidence synthesis across programs and accelerate actionable learning about what works in CBHPE, for whom, in what contexts, and why.

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Competency-Based EducationHealth OccupationsChecklistGuidelines as TopicHumansResearch Design

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PMID42825184
PMCPMC13629552

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