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Akoojee Y, Mash R. Reaching national consensus on the core clinical skill outcomes for family medicine postgraduate training programmes in South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2017;9(1):e1-e8doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1353.
Akoojee, Y., & Mash, R. (2017). Reaching national consensus on the core clinical skill outcomes for family medicine postgraduate training programmes in South Africa. African journal of primary health care & family medicine, 9(1), e1-e8. https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1353
Akoojee, Yusuf, and Mash, Robert. "Reaching national consensus on the core clinical skill outcomes for family medicine postgraduate training programmes in South Africa." African journal of primary health care & family medicine vol. 9,1 (2017): e1-e8. doi: https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1353
Akoojee Y, Mash R. Reaching national consensus on the core clinical skill outcomes for family medicine postgraduate training programmes in South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2017 May 26;9(1):e1-e8. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1353. PMID: 28582986; PMCID: PMC5458571.
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Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2017 May 26;9(1):e1-e8. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1353.

Reaching national consensus on the core clinical skill outcomes for family medicine postgraduate training programmes in South Africa.

African journal of primary health care & family medicine

Yusuf Akoojee, Robert Mash

Affiliations

  1. Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University. [email protected].

PMID: 28582986 PMCID: PMC5458571 DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1353

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Family physicians play a significant role in the district health system and need to be equipped with a broad range of clinical skills in order to meet the needs and expectations of the communities they serve. A previous study in 2007 reached national consensus on the clinical skills that should be taught in postgraduate family medicine training prior to the introduction of the new speciality. Since then, family physicians have been trained, employed and have gained experience of working in the district health services. The national Education and Training Committee of the South African Academy of Family Physicians, therefore, requested a review of the national consensus on clinical skills for family medicine training.

METHODS: A Delphi technique was used to reach national consensus in a panel of 17 experts: family physicians responsible for training, experienced family physicians in practice and managers responsible for employing family physicians.

RESULTS: Consensus was reached on 242 skills from which the panel decided on 211 core skills, 28 elective skills and 3 skills to be deleted from the previous list. The panel was unable to reach consensus on 11 skills.

CONCLUSION: The findings will guide training programmes on the skills to be addressed and ensure consistency across training programmes nationally. The consensus will also guide formative assessment as documented in the national portfolio of learning and summative assessment in the national exit examination. The consensus will be of interest to other countries in the region where training programmes in family medicine are developing.

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