Table 4

Competency gaps* in CV risk assessment (n = 150)


Current
Desired
Gap
Academic Gap
Community Gap

Estimating incremental risk incurred by conditional risk factors
3.84
4.59
0.75
0.83
0.67
Estimating cardiovascular risk in primary prevention
4.14
4.75
0.61
0.73
0.48
Estimating incremental risk incurred by predisposing risk factors
4.07
4.67
0.60
0.68
0.52
Identifying conditional cardiovascular risk factors
4.07
4.65
0.59
0.67
0.51
Estimating cardiovascular risk in secondary prevention
4.29
4.75
0.46
0.56
0.36
Identifying predisposing cardiovascular risk factors
4.41
4.78
0.37
0.45
0.29
Identifying major independent cardiovascular risk factors
4.49
4.79
0.30
0.37
0.23

Self-assessment scale: 1 to 5. 1 = Low competence and 5 = High competence.

*Competency gaps are identified when the self-assessment of current competency is substantively lower than desired competency. If the gap between desired and current competencies is >1, then the gap is considered as substantive [18].

Hayes et al. BMC Medical Education 2008 8:30   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-30