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Dr. Donald Melnick, president of the National Board of Medical Examiners, discusses aspects of the assessment of competency-based education focused on the individual learner. He discusses what makes an effective clinician, how we should re-examine whether our educational theories produce better patient outcomes, and new approaches to integrating assessment, such as individualized competency-based training into learning.