Overview

In an era of competency-based medical education, designing impactful curricula demands more than intuition—it requires structured, data-driven insight. This interactive workshop introduces training needs analysis (TNA) as a powerful, evidence-based tool for curriculum development and continuous quality improvement (QI), empowering institutions to shift from reactive to strategic, targeted training interventions. TNA focuses on two key questions: What matters most? (Importance Score) and How are we doing? (Performance Score). By identifying high-importance, low-performance gaps, TNA helps spotlight what truly needs fixing. Participants will explore both subjective assessments—using the validated Hennessy–Hicks Toolkit for learner self-assessment—and objective methods, incorporating performance metrics and mentor or faculty evaluations of learner progress. Through hands-on exercises, attendees will create Importance–Performance grids, visualize priorities with Organizational Training Priority maps, and apply Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to uncover curriculum-level patterns. All analyses will be conducted using a user-friendly, web-based R Shiny application created by us, accessible even to those with no coding background. Whether you're refining a course, leading faculty development, or planning institutional reform, this workshop equips you with a practical framework to analyze, interpret, and act on training needs. By aligning learner and faculty perspectives, TNA supports both individualized feedback and systems-level decision-making. The session concludes with a collaborative Q&A to help participants contextualize and implement TNA strategies in their own educational environments.

Speakers

Arwa Bohra, MBBS

Content Track

Curriculum: Didactic

Audience

GME

Program Type

University-Based, Community-Based

Additional Information

Year Published: 2025 - APDIM Fall Meeting 2025