Competency-based education ensures that medical students achieve proficiency.

An expert panel consisted of 25 specialists participated in Delphi process.

12 competencies were generated for medical students in Head and Neck Surgery.

To standardize the necessary competencies for medical students related to Head and Neck Surgery.

The study was performed in 2025. The Delphi process was employed in its sequential phases: the selection of an expert panel; a structured questionnaire containing a preliminary list of potential competencies; the electronic distribution of the questionnaire to the experts, with options to “maintain”, “remove”, or “modify” the competencies and to suggest the inclusion of new competencies; a second round indicating “agree” or “disagree” for each reformulated or new competency; and the final consensus.

Twelve competencies were established for medical students in the specialty of Head and Neck Surgery.

Undergraduate students should be directed toward the most prevalent conditions in the general practitioner's clinical practice.

Medical education

Clinical competencies

Internship

Delphi technique

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