Alignment of Selected Veterinary Education Competencies With the Interprofessional Professionalism Assessment (original) (raw)

The move toward outcomes and competency-based veterinary education began decades ago but has accelerated in the past few years. While many advances in curriculum structure and delivery are replete in the literature, assessment methods remain challenging and less explored. This is especially true for competency domains that are behavior-based such as professionalism, which has been challenging to merely define let alone assess. The Interprofessionalism Professionalism Assessment (IPA) is a validated tool that is used in veterinary education and is useful in assessing competency domains that have remained challenging for educators. Here we present the challenges and solutions for assessing competency in veterinary education and provide examples and data from tools that may be useful especially in areas such as professionalism.