Conquering the Competencies Challenges:
The "SOAP" Approach
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Developed as part of a larger project, entitled CACHE: Competencies Across the Continuum of Health Education, the SOAP Teaching Modules contained on this CD-ROM are designed to enhance faculty and residency program directors' abilities to effectively
and efficiently address and assess the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) six core competencies.
SOAP Modules
To provide residency educators and faculty with a common language and approach to the design and assessment of competency-based medical education, we have adapted
the SOAP acronym to frame the design/assessment process:
Study current teaching/assessment measures relative to ACGME
competencies
Objectify assessment process by adopting/adapting available
measures or creating new measures
Audit: Tune up system and revise, as needed, based on evidence
Plan: Infrastructure and resource issues associated with
competency-based education
Two ready-to-use teaching modules designed to enhance faculty's understanding and ability to systematically design and evaluate residency education are provided on the CD. Each module was designed to utilize the modified SOAP format to teach about
designing competency-based education.
However, each module is targeted to different audiences:
Module 1 is intended for a general faculty audience and can be presented in approximately 40 minutes with time for questions/discussion.
Module 2 is intended for individuals who have primary responsibility for residency education including residency program directors, curriculum/assessment committee members, and coordinators. It is organized to run approximately two hours using a combination of lecture and interactive exercises built to equip participants with an individualized teaching and assessment blueprint and associated action steps.
CD Contents – Instructor Materials
This CD includes a complete set of instructor resources to use (and/or adapt) for each module. The resources include:
A set of PowerPoint slides with associated speaker notes, visuals and
video clips to highlight key points and provide illuminating examples
Participant Handouts
Participant Evaluation form
References
The authors would be interested in knowing if the provided modules, handouts, references, and instructor notes were helpful to you. When you use the teaching modules, please forward copies of the completed evaluation forms (included on the CD-Rom) to any of the three authors (Deborah Simpson, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Debra DaRosa, PhD, Northwestern University or Linda Perkowski, PhD, University of Texas - Houston Medical School) and be sure to contact them if you have questions about the use of the module, or information it contains.
Acknowledgements
This project was sponsored by the Group on Educational Affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The work was supported by the:
Medical College of Wisconsin
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Medical Center at Houston