TY  - JOUR
TI  - Skills in National Core Curriculum: National Survey ofPrimary Care Physicians in Turkey
AB  - Objective: Core curriculum describes the basic standard of medical education. In this study,we aimed to investigate primary care physicians’ views on the minimum level ofcompetency required in a general practitioner about skills listed in the National CoreCurriculum for Undergraduate Medical Education-2014 (NCC-2014) and whether they feelcompetent in these skills.Methods: Between October 1, 2017 and September 1, 2018, 27652 primary care physicianswho work in Turkey were surveyed about the skills listed in the NCC-2014. The participantsrated the minimum competency for every skill on 0–4 level, and also stated whether they feltthat the primary care physicians were competent.Results: 4117 (14.9%) participants answered entire questions. Out of 136 skills, “Level3— Should be able to do the skill in cases which are frequent and not complex” was the mostselected category for 123 (90.4%) skills, “Level2—Should be able to do the skill accordingto the guidelines in a state of emergency” was the most selected category for 10 (8.1%)skills, and “Level4—Should be able to do the skill even in complex cases” was the mostselected category for 3 (2.2%) skills by participants.Conclusions: The participants are generally willing to perform skills, but according to them,some of the skills are complex. There are differences between the required competencylevels in the NCC-2014 and the opinions of participants. Since physicians’ views areimportant for curriculum development, medical curriculum developers around the worldwould benefit from findings of this study.
AU  - Coskun, Ozlem
AU  - KIYAK, Yavuz Selim
AU  - Erdem, Özgür
AU  - ÖZTAŞ, Dilek
AU  - BUDAKOĞLU, Işıl İrem
DO  - 10.18521/ktd.809271
PY  - 2021
JO  - KONURALP TIP DERGİSİ
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SN  - 1309-3878
SP  - 357
EP  - 369
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/467403
ER  -