Use case titles
1. Tracking clinician competencies
2. Tracking use of Outcomes Databases
Actors
Clinician |
A practicing clinician learner who is engaged in activities to measure competence on an ongoing basis (such as Maintenance of Certification or Competence) |
Portfolio |
A system that records the clinician's evidence of competence using a competency framework. |
Self assessment system |
A system running activities designed to help the clinician evaluate their own competence. These activities may be mapped to competencies within a competency framework. |
Quality improvement system |
A system running activities designed to help the clinician measure and improve performance. These activities may be mapped to competencies within a competency framework. |
Learning Management System |
A system offering learning activities to clinicians. These activities may be mapped to competencies within a competency framework. |
Outcomes database |
A database that allows clinicians to record their clinical outcomes and compare their outcomes to those of their peers. There are several such databases in sugery. |
Tracking Clinician competencies
ID |
CWG-MOC1 |
Title |
Tracking Clinician competencies |
Actors |
Clinician |
Trigger event |
The clinician has begun a competence assessment program, such as maintenance of certification. |
Success End Condition |
The clinician's activities relevant to specific competencies are tracked in a portfolio. |
Assumptions |
An organization, such as a certifying board, is tracking the clincian's activities against a competency framework. |
Description |
The clinician engages in a self-assessment, quality improvement, or learning activity that meets a requirement for a competence assessment program and addresses a specific competency within the competency framework used by that assessment program.
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Transactions |
The self-assessment, quality improvement, or learning management system sends an electronic message to the clinician's portfolio indicating the clinician's completion of the activity and the result or score relative to each relevant competency. |
Exceptions |
The portfolio system can't accept the message (wrong competencies used, wrong format) |
Potential Standards |
Competency-based activity report |
Tracking use of Outcomes Databases
ID |
CWG-MOC2 |
Title |
Tracking use of Outcomes Databases |
Actors |
Clinician |
Trigger event |
The clinician has entered data into an outcomes database. |
Success End Condition |
The clinician's participation in the outcomes database is tracked in a portfolio. |
Assumptions |
An organization, such as a certifying board, is tracking the clincian's activities against a competency framework. |
Description |
The clinician enters data in an outcomes database that meets a requirement for a competence assessment program. The outcomes database sends an electronic message to the clinician's portfolio indicating the clinician's participation in the database. |
Transactions |
The outcomes database sends an electronic message to the clinician's portfolio indicating the clinician's participation in the database. |
Exceptions |
The portfolio system can't accept the message (wrong format) |
Potential Standards |
Competency-based activity report |