User's Guide
THREADS across the Four Components: ACGME Competency Areas and Areas for Greater Emphasis
- Cultural Competence
- Evidence based Medicine
- Community Theme
- Rural Care
- Prevention/Wellness
- Pediatric/Adult Population Care/Care of Families
- Communication
- Life-Long learning, Self Awareness
- Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
- Women's Health
- Faculty Development
Specific Suggestions for Use of Post-Clerkship Resources
It is possible that advisors for the fourth-year experience of students headed for a career in family medicine will find this set of competencies useful, as well as for students choosing other specialties. The literature from several disciplines suggests that a broad range of experiences are important in preparation for residency training. Therefore, it seems reasonable that this resource clearly links the six ACGME competencies for residency to exit competencies for medical school.
It is also possible that family medicine residency directors (and other residency directors) may use this product to assess incoming residents' proficiencies in order to design curricular experiences to facilitate optimal learning.
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This page last updated October 21, 2004