Featured blog post: ABMS and ACGME update core competencies
October 14, 2010
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced an increased focus on procedural skills, according to a joint September 30 press release issued by the two organizations.
ACGME and ABMS is updating the six core competencies for physician performance measurement since they defined them in 1999. Procedural skills is categorized as a subset of the patient care core competency for which trainees and board-certified physicians must demonstrate proficiency. The competency previously known as “patient care” now will be referred to as “patient care and procedural skills.”
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