Background: Six general competencies form the framework for accreditation of postgraduate
fellowship programs and maintenance of certification for physician specialists. Fellows' …

After pediatric residency, the author worked in a rural community where he was able to
immediately practice skills acquired during training such as intubations, bag-mask …

Medical authorities and society are recommending that postgraduate medical education
prepare physicians for broad aspects of competence. The most effective ways to prepare …

Background The 6 competencies defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education provide the framework of assessment for trainees in the US graduate medical …

BACKGROUND: Residents' ability to identify their strengths, deficiencies, and limits in
knowledge and expertise are related to their ability to self-assess and their ability to use …

Regulatory organizations have recently emphasized the importance of structuring graduate
medical education around mastery of core competencies. The difficulty is that core …

Abstract Objectives In 2017, Queen's University launched Competency-Based Medical
Education (CBME) across 29 programs simultaneously. Two years post-implementation, we …

Background Resident training in pediatrics currently entails similar training for all residents
in a fragmented curriculum with relatively little attention to the career plans of individual …

Purpose: One clinical teaching challenge is the engagement of learners at different levels.
Faculty development offerings mostly address general strategies applicable to all learners …

Method The authors conducted a prospective, multi-institutional qualitative study from
November 2008 through January 2009 in which they interviewed pediatric hospitalists who …