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INTRODUCTION: Competency-based medical education (CBME) is a model aimed to address certain challenges and shortcomings attributed to the contemporary models of medical education and the medical profession in general. The CBME model has been used mainly in the education of undergraduate medical students with no continuation to residency, fellowship, or independent practice. In this review, we present a program based on the CBME model for the design and implementation of a new fellowship program in neonatology in Israel. As part of the program, we propose a mentorship program as a means to facilitate the implementation and acceptance of the program in the different wards. We designed assessment tools that can help the mentor track the fellow's development over time as well as to examine the impact of the proposed program on performance and on all stakeholders' satisfaction over time. We aim to evaluate the benefits and effectiveness of this CBME training not only on the fellows' abilities and performance outcomes, but also on the accompanying general organizational changes that can lead to general improvement in the neonatal profession in Israel.
