Inside Their Minds: A Multi-Institutional Exploration into the Decision-Making of Medical School Competency Committee Members
This study provides the first examination into the thought processes used by medical school competency committee members to make their decisions. Participants used decision-making strategies that parallel those observed in other cognitive reasoning tasks. Contextual influences were foundational in how participants interpreted assessment data, highlighting how competence is socially constructed.
Authors
- Christina M. Vitto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5814-585X)
- Tania M. Jenkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4495-3140)
- Sally A. Santen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8327-8002)
- Anita V. Shelgikar
- Pim W Teunissen
- Matthew Kelleher
- Andrew S. Parsons
- Michael S. Ryan
- Elizabeth Bradley
- Daniel J. Schumacher
- Shahab Jolani
Institutions
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University of Virginia (US)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Perspectives on Medical Education
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2361
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00