title: The transition to competency-based pediatric training in the United Arab Emirates.
abstract: Although competency-based medical education has become the standard for physician training in the West, many developing countries have not yet adopted competency-based training. In 2009 in the United Arab Emirates, the government regulatory and operational authorities for healthcare in Abu Dhabi mandated a wide-scale reform of the emirate's postgraduate residency programs to the competency-based framework of the newly formed Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International (ACGME-I). This article briefly describes the rationale for competency-based medical education and provides an overview of the transition from traditional, time-based residency training to competency-based postgraduate medical education for the Pediatrics residency programs in Abu Dhabi. We will provide data on the initial impact of this transition on resident performance and patient outcomes in a Pediatrics residency program in an academic medical center in the United Arab Emirates.
authors.affiliation: Tawam Hospital, Department of Academic Affairs, 15258, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. hibrahi4@jhu.edu.|Johns Hopkins Graduate School of Education, Baltimore, MD, USA. hibrahi4@jhu.edu.
authors.forename: Halah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.affiliation: Tawam Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. htatari@tawamhospital.ae.
authors.forename: Hossam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al Tatari
authors.affiliation: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, Ill, USA. eholmboe@acgme.org.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Holmboe
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D003906:Developing Countries; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017145:Models, Educational; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D014479:United Arab Emirates