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Carol Carraccio

Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore

Publications -  53
Citations -  4408

Carol Carraccio is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Graduate medical education & Competence (human resources). The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 50 publications receiving 3840 citations. Previous affiliations of Carol Carraccio include University of Utah & University of Maryland, College Park.

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Shifting Paradigms: From Flexner to Competencies

TL;DR: The authors found that in the 1970s and 1980s much attention was given to the need for and the development of professional competencies for many medical disciplines, little attention was devoted to defining the benchmarks of specific competencies, how to attain them, or the evaluation of competence.
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Medical competence: The interplay between individual ability and the health care environment

TL;DR: It is proposed that competence and competencies be approached in the context of the particular clinical environment, such that the assessment of competence is tied to a trainee's performance of essential clinical activities that define the profession.
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From the educational bench to the clinical bedside: Translating the Dreyfus developmental model to the learning of clinical skills

TL;DR: The authors seek to integrate generally accepted knowledge and beliefs about how one learns to practice clinical medicine into a coherent developmental framework using the Dreysfus and Dreyfus model of skill acquisition.
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The objective structured clinical examination: a step in the direction of competency-based evaluation.

TL;DR: The combination of the OSCE, standardized board examinations, and direct observation in the clinical setting has the potential to become the "gold standard" for measuring physician competence.