If Competency is the Answer… Have We Asked the Right Question?
Zubin Austin, BScPhm, MBA, MISc, PhD, FCAH
Professor and Murray Koffler Research Chair,
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy,
Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation – Temerty Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Hybrid: Life Sciences Centre 1312 CMR & Zoom* (please note that the presentation will be delivered virtually)
Zoom Details: For connection details, please email ches.communications@ubc.ca.
Abstract
Competence has emerged as the dominant discourse for understanding the work of health professionals in education and regulation yet it is unclear as to whether this has actually resulted in safer and more effective practice. This presentation will review the various competing – and at times conflicting – understandings of competence and focus on evolving psychological models rooted in practitioners’ lived experiences. Unintended consequences of narrow or exclusionary conceptions of competence will be highlighted as will opportunities to reframe understanding of competence to provide more collegial models of regulation and professional development.
Biography
Zubin Austin BScPhm MBA MISc PhD FCAHS is Professor and Murray Koffler Research Chair at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and the Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation – Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the professional and personal development of the health workforce. He has published over 250 peer reviewed papers and authored four textbooks. In 2017, in recognition of the global impact of his work, he was installed as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He is also the only University of Toronto professor ever to have received both the President’s Teaching Award for sustained excellence as an educator and the President’s Research Impact Award for the societal significance of his work. He has been named Professor of the Year by students on 20 separate occasions.
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