TABLE 3.
THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION CORE COMPETENCIES
| Patient care |
| Communicate effectively, demonstrate caring and respectful behavior |
| Gather essential and accurate information |
| Make informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions |
| Develop and carry out patient management plans |
| Perform competently medical and invasive procedures |
| Provide patient counseling and education |
| Use technology |
| Provide preventive and health maintenance services; work with other care providers to provide patient-focused care |
| Medical knowledge |
| Obtain biomedical, clinical, social-behavioral, and epidemiological knowledge; demonstrate investigatory and analytic thinking |
| Practice-based learning and improvement |
| Identify strengths, deficiencies, and limits in one’s knowledge and experience |
| Set learning and improvement goals |
| Identify and perform appropriate learning activities |
| Incorporate formative evaluative feedback into daily practice |
| Systematically analyze practice and implement changes to improve practice |
| Appraise and use scientific evidence |
| Use technology to optimize learning; participate in the education of patients, families, and other health professionals |
| Interpersonal and communication skills |
| Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public |
| Communicate effectively with physicians, other health professionals, and health-related agencies |
| Work with other care providers as a team leader or member |
| Act in a consultative role to other physicians, health-related agencies, and policy makers; maintain medical records |
| Professionalism |
| Demonstrate respect, compassion, and integrity |
| Demonstrate responsiveness to patient needs that supersedes self-interest |
| Demonstrate accountability to patients, society, and the profession |
| Demonstrate excellence and ongoing professional development |
| Demonstrate adherence to ethical principles |
| Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to diverse patient population |
| Demonstrate respect for patient privacy and autonomy |
| Systems-based practice |
| Coordinate patient care |
| Incorporate cost awareness and risk-benefit analysis |
| Advocate for quality patient care and optimal health care or public health systems |
| Work in interprofessional teams to enhance quality and safety |
| Participate in identifying system errors |