A progressive transition from knowledge-centred assessment towards performance-based and experiential assessment is evident across the included studies¶

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q3 i? Integration of the mapped evidence shows a shift from evaluative models centred on knowledge towards strategies based on performance and experiential learning, particularly in community and clinical contexts. → Hernández Rincón Erwin Hernando 2026

Evidence¶

Hernández Rincón Erwin Hernando 2026¶

Hernández Rincón Erwin Hernando, González Garcés Mariana, Montoya Jerónimo Cárdenas, Fernández Valeria Concha, Torres Mario Andrés Torres, Vargas Villafañe Nicolle Valeria, Chaves Natalia Castaño. (2026). Mapping the evidence on public health competency assessment strategies in undergraduate medical education: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09976-0

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Narrative synthesis of the 30 included studies, reported in the integrated synthesis section. The review identifies this transition as the first of three dominant patterns, with performance in authentic scenarios predominant "at the most advanced levels" of its complexity gradient.

"Firstly, a progressive transition is evident from evaluative models centred on knowledge towards strategies based on performance and experiential learning, particularly in community and clinical contexts [11–13, 19, 26, 27, 30, 33]."

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