World Workshop on Oral Medicine VI: an international validation study of clinical competencies for advanced training in oral medicine.

OBJECTIVE: To explore international consensus for the validation of clinical competencies for advanced training in Oral Medicine. STUDY DESIGN: An electronic survey of clinical competencies was designed. The survey was sent to and completed by identified international stakeholders during a 10-week period. To be validated, an individual competency had to achieve 90% or greater consensus to keep it in its current format. RESULTS: Stakeholders from 31 countries responded. High consensus agreement was achieved with 93 of 101 (92%) competencies exceeding the benchmark for agreement. Only 8 warranted further attention and were reviewed by a focus group. No additional competencies were suggested. CONCLUSION: This is the first international validated study of clinical competencies for advanced training in Oral Medicine. These validated clinical competencies could provide a model for countries developing an advanced training curriculum for Oral Medicine and also inform review of existing curricula.