A national program director survey of the shift to competency-based education in ophthalmology.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the resources, progress, and barriers for program director (PD) compliance with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandate.


METHODS
Survey.


METHODS
Ophthalmology PDs in the United States.


METHODS
A survey instrument was sent to all ophthalmology PDs in the United States.


METHODS
The survey instrument assessed PD tenure, funding, current efforts, evaluation modalities, barriers, and desired resources to meet the ACGME competency mandate.


RESULTS
The survey was completed by 88 of 104 (85%) PDs. Significant disparities exist between PD financial compensation and actual time spent performing PD duties. This disparity and lack of understanding by faculty of the ACGME competencies were the most frequently cited barriers to success in complying with the ACGME mandate. The most commonly utilized assessment tools are the global or 360 degrees evaluations and clinical evaluation exercises.


CONCLUSIONS
Program directors surveyed believe they are not receiving adequate resources to allow them to comply with the ACGME mandate. Although some tools have been implemented by PDs for assessing the competencies, additional national and centralized resources would be helpful.
Golnik
Karl C
KC
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. KGolnik@fuse.net
Lee
Andrew G
AG
Wilson
Mark C
MC
D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States