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The following links provide general information and specific resources for clinical teaching and the ACGME General Competencies.

Please feel free to submit feedback and additional useful links by emailing gmecomp@grmerc.net

 
 
ACGME Core Competencies

PATIENT CARE
What we do

MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
What we know

PRACTICE BASED LEARNING & IMPROVEMENT
How we get better

INTERPERSONAL & COMMUNICATION SKILLS
How we interact

PROFESSIONALISM
How we behave

SYSTEMS BASED PRACTICE
How we work in the healthcare system

Teaching Resources

Teaching from a Competency Perspective
ACGME Instructional Toolbox for GME
http://www.acgme.org/outcome/instrmod/instrModHome.asp

GO-FER IT!
Quick reference guides for developing and implementing effective teaching/learning activities
http://hsc.unm.edu/som/ted/ResidentTeachers/TeachingTools.htm

Teaching Tools
Downloadable teaching tools (Problem-based Learning, Lectures/Presentations, Inpatient/Outpatient Teaching, Assessment, and General Teaching Skills)
http://hsc.unm.edu/som/ted/tools.html

Strategies in Clinical Teaching
Microskills teaching modules with quick facts for busy practitioners. (Note small print clickable pages located at top and bottom of each screen. See sidebar for other resources.)
http://wichita.kumc.edu/strategies/microskills/microskills.html

Preceptor Development Program (PDP)
PDP e-Learning Tools offer multiple teaching topics and formats (e.g., downloadable single page summaries, slide presentations)
http://www.mahec.net/pdp/e-Learning_Tools.asp

Giving Effective Feedback
slide presentation
http://www.med.unc.edu/oed/eit/GivingFeedback%20to%20Learners%202004.pdf

Critical Feedback and Evalutation
Condensed information on: 1) 5-Stage Process for Giving and Receiving Critical Feedback; 2) Six Traps in the Evaluation Process; and 3) Top Ten Reasons We Avoid Talking to Someone About a Problem (Franklin Medio, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina).
http://www.lifecurriculum.info/docs/The%205-Stage%20Process.pdf

Residents as Teachers Curriculum
Ten sessions downloadable to desktop PC or handheld device
http://www.residentteachers.com/WhatsNew.shtml

Cultural Competency for Health Care Professionals
11 modules comprise "The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture", supported by HRSA, containing extensive information on cross-cultural care, mnemonics, exercises, references and links to other relevant resources.
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&
language=English&ggroup=&mgroup

Life Curriculum
Online, downloadable Teacher's Guide for multi-module Life Curriculum developed by Duke and the Josiah Macy Foundation. This document contains resources for faculty and residents on: fatigue, stress and depression, substance abuse, disruptive behavior, burnout, boundary violations, impairment, and instructive feedback.
http://www.lifecurriculum.info/docs/TGuide.pdf

 

General Competency Resources

ACGME Outcome Project
Site map with links to all ACGME Competency resources
http://www.acgme.org/outcome/siteMap.asp

The Six Competencies
One page handout listing sample behaviors within each competency domain
http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/azmec/Six%20Domains%20Handout%20color.pdf

Competency Memory Aid
Single sheet showing interrelationship of all six ACGME competencies during a patient encounter
http://www.uthscsa.edu/gme/memoryaid.pdf

Moving Toward a Competency Based Curriculum
Slide presentation by Peter J. Fabri, MD.
Moving Toward A Competency Based Curriculum.ppt

Learning Objectives
Instructional tips
http://www.med.wright.edu/aa/facdev/InstructionalTips/LearningObjectives.htm

Tips for Writing Competency-based Goals and Objectives
http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/GME/roden/objective.doc