CBE and the Missing ‘E’: Making Competency-Based Education an Equitable Framework for Global Health Professions Education
Authors
jamiu.busari@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Associate Professor of Medical Education, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, NL; Consultant Pediatrician, Horacio Oduber Hospital
Professor, Pediatrics and Clinician Educator, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Associate Professor and Head of Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney
The Michael Reese Endowed Professor, Medical Education and Research Professor of Pediatrics, University of Illinois Chicago
roberta.ladenheim@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
Senior Advisor to the Rectorate, Universidad Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
DPhil student, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Honorary Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin
marjan.khajehei@health.nsw.gov.au
Clinical Midwifery Consultant Women’s Health Research, Westmead Hospital, WSLHD; Clinical Professor, University of Sydney; Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New South Wales
Vice President, Innovation and Competency-Based Education, American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, NC
Assistant Professor, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, ET; PhD Candidate, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean of Admissions and Assessment, Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California
Members of the International Competency-Based Health Professions Educators Collaborative
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2551 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Page range: 880 - 893
Submitted on: Mar 8, 2026
Accepted on: Aug 26, 2026
Published on: Sep 29, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2026 Jamiu O. Busari, Ming-Ka Chan, Arvin Damodaran, Alan Schwartz, Roberta Ladenheim, Ben Jones, Marjan Khajehei, David A. Turner, Liknaw Zeleke, Holly A. Caretta-Weyer, Members of the International Competency-Based Health Professions Educators Collaborative, published by Ubiquity Press
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