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Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestone Training Ratings and Surgeons’ Early Outcomes
Key Points Question Does assessment of surgical competence using Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones during training predict future patient outcomes? Findings In this study, Milestone ratings near the end of surgical training were associated with complication rates in patients treated by those surgeons early in their practice. Meaning Milestone ratings may help programs to identify specific gaps in competence during training that could be remediated prior to graduation.
Gender Disparities in Residency Education
Gender Disparities in Residency Education The excellent article by Huh and colleagues1 in this issue of JAMA Ophthalmology examined whether gender bias exists in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Milestones assessments of ophthalmology residents.
Gender Bias and Ophthalmology Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones Evaluations
Gender Bias and Ophthalmology Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones Evaluations Key Points Question Are there gender biases in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones evaluations for ophthalmology trainees?
Educating Together, Improving Together: Harmonizing Interprofessional Approaches to Address the Opioid Epidemic
Skip to main content A Special Publication from the National Academy of Medicine view larger RESOURCES AT A GLANCE This publication has undergone peer review according to procedures established by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Publication by the NAM signifies that it is the product of a carefully considered process and is a contribution worthy of public attention, but does not constitute endorsement of conclusions and recommendations by the NAM.
Competency-based medical education: The spark to ignite healthcare’s escape fire
Abstract High-value care is what patients deserve and what healthcare professionals should deliver. However, it is not what happens much of the time. Quality improvement master Dr. Don Berwick argued more than two decades ago that American healthcare needs an escape fire, which is a new way of seeing and acting in a crisis situation. While coined in the U.S. context, the analogy applies in other Western healthcare contexts as well.
Trainee Physician Milestone Ratings and Patient Complaints in Early Posttraining Practice
Key Points Question Do trainee physicians with lower Milestones ratings in professionalism (P) and interpersonal and communication skills (ICS) during the last year of training receive more patient complaints in early posttraining practice?
Trends in Industry Payments to Physicians in the First 6 Years After Graduate Medical Training
[Skip to Navigation] Figure 1. Percentage of Newly Independent Physicians Who Accepted General Payments by Independent Physician Practice Year, Stratified by Specialty IM indicates internal medicine; NS, neurosurgery; and OS, orthopedic surgery. Figure 2. Percentage of Newly Independent Physicians Who Accepted Any General Payments by Independent Physician Practice Year, Stratified by Sex Figure 3.
Understanding the Shades of Gray in Diagnosis-An Online Course in Bayesian Reasoning
Foundational skills in Bayesian reasoning may aid clinical decision-making, decrease overreliance on single diagnostic tests, and improve patient care.
Trainee Sex and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestone Assessments During General Surgery Residency
Key Points Question Does trainee sex affect general surgery (GS) resident milestone assessment? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 4476 GS residents from 250 accredited US GS training programs, female trainees and male trainees achieved similar milestone scores across 12 of 16 subcompetencies. Trainee sex was associated with significant differences in scores for 4 of the subcompetencies.
The Institute of Medicine publication, To Err is Human, shed light on the importance of addressing patient safety issues in the Unites States, and was followed shortly thereafter by Crossing the Quality Chasm, further challenging the medical profession to improve the quality of healthcare delivery1,2.
How to Write Your Curriculum Vitae
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Podcasting: A Medium for Amplifying Racial Justice Discourse, Reflection, and Representation Within Graduate Medical Education
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The Role of Health Care Profession Accreditors in Promoting Health and Well-Being across the Learning Continuum - National Academy of Medicine
ABSTRACT: As health care professionals strive to address the nation’s physical and mental health care issues, they too are often at risk. The purpose of this paper is to inspire a national dialogue about the well-being and resilience of the people to whom Americans turn for care and how well their professions’ accreditation standards address those concerns.
Developing Resident Sensitive Quality Measures: Engaging Stakeholders to Inform Next Steps
Publication HistoryPublished online: September 27, 2018Accepted: September 24, 2018; Received in revised form: September 11, 2018; Received: January 2, 2018;
Graduate Programs in Health Professions Education: Preparing Academic Leaders for Future Challenges
One educational approach to address the professionalization of HPE is the master of health professions education (MHPE) degree.4 Over the last 50 years, the MHPE has become an increasingly popular graduate program for preparing educators and educational leaders across the professions (eg, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists).
Chapter 7: Teamwork, Humility and Servant Leadership
Lessons Learned in changing healthcare... and how we learned them November 2010: 95-105 Never design anything that depends only on you for its success, for to do so ensures its ultimate failure. If I leave the reader with only one lesson, I hope it is the one above. The majority of my experiences with change in healthcare have repeatedly reinforced the importance of this core principle.
Milestones and Competency-Based Medical Education in Internal Medicine
Recognizing a number of important gaps in preparing residents for unsupervised practice, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), in collaboration with the American Board of Medical Specialties, launched the Outcomes Project in 2001.1 Educational outcomes were codified through 6 general competencies to help training programs in all specialties meet 21st century health care needs: patient care, medical knowledge, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills,...
Annals of Internal Medicine
Background: High-quality assessment of resident performance is needed to guide individual residents' development and ensure their preparedness to provide patient care. To facilitate this aim, reporting milestones are now required across all internal medicine (IM) residency programs. Objective: To describe initial milestone ratings for the population of IM residents by IM residency programs.
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