The Wicked Problem of Selection and Competency-Based Education: Applying TRIZ Inversion to the Graduate Medical Education Selection Process
Authors
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean of Admissions and Assessment, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
Professor of Pediatrics and Clinician Educator, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director of Faculty Continuing Medical Education, Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of Evaluation, Harvard Kidney Urology Hematology Training Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Reese Endowed Professor of Medical Education, Departments of Medical Education and Pediatrics, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Dean of Medicine, Vice-President Medical Affairs, Toronto Metropolitan University, Brampton, ON; Clinical Professor (part-time), Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine/Division of Education and Innovation, McMaster University centre for Education Research, Innovation, and Theory (MERIT), Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Professor, Vice Chair of Education, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
Conjoint Professor, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle; Subject Coordinator, Graduate Programs in Surgical Education, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor, Head of Randwick Clinical Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney
Professor of Health Systems Science, Associate Dean of Medical Education Research and Scholarship, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, California
As members of the International Competency-Based Health Professions Educators Collaborative
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2596 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Page range: 970 - 985
Submitted on: Mar 22, 2026
Accepted on: Aug 28, 2026
Published on: Sep 29, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2026 Holly A. Caretta-Weyer, Ming-Ka Chan, Mary Ellen J. Goldhamer, Alan Schwartz, Teresa M. Chan, Lalena M. Yarris, Ian W. Incoll, Arvin Damodaran, H. Carrie Chen, As members of the International Competency-Based Health Professions Educators Collaborative, published by Ubiquity Press
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