Abstract

MORALES CASTILLO, José Daniel  and  VARELA RUIZ, Margarita. Discussion around the concept of competence. Investigación educ. médica [online]. 2015, vol.4, n.13, pp.36-41. ISSN 2007-5057.

Currently the competency-based approach to education has been well established in medical education. This article reviews the three major changes in medical education of the twentieth century and the present, identifies the complexity of the concept of competence, its evolution in the field of medicine, and the benefits and challenges it presents.

Keywords : Competences; Medical education; Flexner Report; Problem-based learning.

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