The unintended consequence of CBME that this paper addresses is the assessment burden that residents have had to bear with the increase volume of formative assessments.
The authors identified 9 assessment burdens, which clustered under each of the three psychological needs presented in self-determination theory; Autonomy, Relatedness and Competence.

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Article: Ott, M. C., Pack, R., Cristancho, S., Chin, M., Van Koughnett, J. A., & Ott, M. (2022). “The Most Crushing Thing”: Understanding Resident Assessment Burden in a Competency-Based Curriculum. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 14(5), 583–592. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-22-00050.1

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