1. What are the contributions in this paper?
Despite the volume of competency frameworks developed in the healthcare professions, guidance remains unclear and is inconsistently adhered to ( perhaps in part due to a lack of organising frameworks ), there is variability in methodological choices, inconsistently reported outputs, and a lack of evaluation of frameworks.. As such, the authors proposed the need for improved guidance.. In this paper the authors outline a six-step model for developing competency framework that is designed to address some of these shortcomings.. The six-steps comprise [ 1 ] identifying purpose, intended uses, scope, and stakeholders ; [ 2 ] theoretically informed ways of identifying the contexts of complex, ‘ realworld ’ professional practice, which includes [ 3 ] aligned methods and means by which practice can be explored ; [ 4 ] the identification and specification of competencies required for professional practice, [ 5 ] how to report the process and outputs of identifying such competencies, and [ 6 ] built-in strategies to continuously evaluate, update and maintain competency framework development processes and outputs.. The model synthesizes and organizes existing guidance and literature, and furthers this existing guidance by highlighting the need for a theoreticallyinformed approach to describing and exploring practice that is appropriate, as well as offering guidance for developers on reporting the development process and outputs, and planning for the ongoing maintenance of frameworks.
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2. What are the future works in this paper?
The authors propose that future efforts at developing frameworks might be improved by applying the outlined six-step model that considers intended uses, processes, outputs, and anticipates downstream uses of the framework.
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