No Free Lunch in Competency-Based Health Professions Education: Exploring Trade-Offs, Value, and Shared Investment in Health Professions Education
Authors
Ron and Nancy McFarlane Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
President and CEO, American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean of Admissions and Assessment, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
Senior Vice President, Competencies, Milestones, and Faculty Development, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, Illinois
Tenured Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
Chair/SVP of Psychiatry, Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York; Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York
roberta.ladenheim@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
Asesora del Rectorado, Universidad Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Juan D. Perón 4399, C.A.B.A
Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Education, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
For the International Competency-Based Health Professions Education Collaborators
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2574 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Page range: 783 - 798
Submitted on: Mar 16, 2026
Accepted on: Jun 10, 2026
Published on: Sep 9, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2026 Denise H. Rhoney, Michael A. Barone, Holly Caretta-Weyer, Laura Edgar, Daniel J. Schumacher, John Q. Young, Roberta Ladenheim, Kelly J. Caverzagie, For the International Competency-Based Health Professions Education Collaborators, published by Ubiquity Press
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