Purpose To evaluate published evidence that the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education's six general competencies can each be measured in a valid and reliable …

Where is the present flurry of activity in medical education leading and what sort of future is
envisaged? This paper looks at trends in postgraduate medical education. Four themes and …

Emergency Medicine has a scientifically derived and commonly accepted description of the
domain of its clinical practice. That document, The Model of the Clinical Practice of …

Accurate assessment and rapid decision-making are essential to save lives and improve
performance in critical care medicine. Real-time point-of-care ultrasound has become an …

Medical Education 2012: 46: 49–57 Context In response to historical trends in expectations
of doctors, the goals of medical education are increasingly framed in terms of global …

Background: The emergency department (ED) visit rate for older patients exceeds that of all
age groups other than infants. The aging population will increase elder ED patient utilization …

(RRC-EM), and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). Development of the
EM Model was based on an extensive practice analysis of the specialty. The practice …

Purpose Given the shortage of palliative care specialists in the United States, to ensure
quality of care for patients with serious, life-threatening illness, generalist-level palliative …

Introduction In today's team-oriented healthcare environment, high-quality patient care
requires physicians to possess not only medical knowledge and technical skills but also …

Methods: We describe Internship Boot Camp, an innovative course specifically designed to
prepare fourth-year medical students for the transition from medical school to internship. An …