ACGME General Competencies and the UIC GME Core Curriculum
7/21/2004
Patient Care
Medical Knowledge
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
Interpersonal Skills and Communication
Professionalism
System-Based Practice
  
ACGME GENERAL COMPETENCIES UIC GME CORE CURRICULUM MODULES
Patient Care

Residents must be able to provide care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.

ACGME identified skills addressed in the GME Core Curriculum modules listed.


Relevant Modules:

•   101 Medical Professionalism
•   103 Managing the Health Care Team
•   104 Quality, Cost, & Resource Mgmt.
•   106 EBM and Life-long Learning
•   107 Teaching Skills
•   109 Health Care Information Systems
•   110 Topics in Research
•   111 Communication Skills
•   113 Medicine and Culture

•   Provide care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective. (104, 109, 111, 113)
•   Communicate effectively. (111, 113)
•   Demonstrate caring & respectful behaviors. (101, 111, 113)
•   Gather essential and accurate patient information. (109, 111)
•   Make informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment. (106, 109, 110)
•   Counsel and educate patients and their families. (107, 111)
•   Use information technology to support patient care decisions and patient education. (109)
•   Provide health care services aimed at preventing health problems or maintaining health. (104, 107, 109)
•   Work with health care professionals, including those from other disciplines, to provide patient-focused care. (101, 103, 111)

ACGME identified skills not addressed in the GME Core Curriculum modules listed.

•   Develop and carry out patient management plans.
•   Perform competently all medical and invasive procedures considered essential for the area of practice.


  
ACGME GENERAL COMPETENCIES UIC GME CORE CURRICULUM MODULES
Medical Knowledge

Residents must demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and cognate (e.g. epidemiological and social-behavioral) sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care.
ACGME identified skills addressed in the GME Core Curriculum modules listed.

Relevant Modules:

•   106 EBM and Life-long Learning
•   110 Topics in Research

•   Demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations. (106, 110)

ACGME identified skills not addressed in the GME Core Curriculum modules listed.

•   Know and apply the basic and clinically supportive sciences which are appropriate to their discipline

  
ACGME GENERAL COMPETENCIES UIC GME CORE CURRICULUM MODULES
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Residents must be able to investigate and evaluate their patient care practices, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and improve their patient care practices.
ACGME identified skills addressed in the GME Core Curriculum modules listed.


Relevant Modules:

•   104 Quality, Cost, & Resource Mgmt.
•   106 EBM and Life-long Learning
•   107 Teaching Skills
•   109 Health Care Information Systems
•   110 Topics in Research

•   Analyze practice experience and perform practice-based improvement activities using a systematic methodology. (104, 106)
•   Locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific studies related to their patients’ health problems. (106, 110)
•   Obtain and use information about their own population of patients and the larger population from which their patients are drawn. (109)
•   Apply knowledge of study designs and statistical methods to the appraisal of clinical studies and other information on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness . (106, 110)
•   Use information technology to manage information, access online medical information; and support their own education. (106, 110)
•   Facilitate the learning of students and other health care professionals. (107)

  
ACGME GENERAL COMPETENCIES UIC GME CORE CURRICULUM MODULES
Interpersonal Skills and Communication

Residents must be able to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and teaming with patients, their patients' families, and professional associates.

ACGME identified skills addressed in the GME Core Curriculum modules listed. Relevant Modules:

•   101 Medical Professionalism
•   103 Managing the Health Care Team
•   107 Teaching Skills
•   111 Communication Skills
•   112 Medical & Clinical Ethics
•   113 Medicine and Culture

•   Create and sustain a therapeutic and ethically sound relationship with patients. (101, 111, 112, 113)
•   Use effective listening skills and elicit and provide information using effective nonverbal, explanatory, questioning, and writing skills. (111, 113)
•   Work effectively with others as a member or leader of a health care team or other professional group. (103, 107, 111)

  
ACGME GENERAL COMPETENCIES UIC GME CORE CURRICULUM MODULES
Professionalism

Residents must demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to a diverse patient population.

ACGME identified skills addressed in the GME Core Curriculum modules listed.


Relevant Modules:

•   101 Medical Professionalism
•   106 EBM and Life-long Learning
•   108 Managing the Medical Practice
•   112 Medical & Clinical Ethics
•   113 Medicine and Culture

•   Demonstrate respect, compassion, and integrity; a responsiveness to the needs of patients and society that supersedes self-interest; accountability to patients, society, and the profession; and a commitment to excellence and ongoing professional development . (101, 106, 112)
•   Demonstrate a commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practices. (101, 108)
•   Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to patients’ culture, age, gender, and disabilities. (113)


  
ACGME GENERAL COMPETENCIES UIC GME CORE CURRICULUM MODULES
System-Based Practice

Residents must demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.

ACGME identified skills addressed in the GME Core Curriculum modules listed.



Relevant Modules:

•   102 Evolution, Organization & Finance
•   103 Managing the Health Care Team
•   104 Quality, Cost, & Resource Mgmt.
•   105 Regulatory Systems & Agencies
•   108 Managing the Medical Practice
•   111 Communication Skills


•   Understand how their patient care and other professional practices affect other health care professionals, the health care organization, and the larger society and how these elements of the system affect their own practice. (102, 105)
•   Know how types of medical practice and delivery systems differ from one another, including methods of controlling health care costs and allocating resources. (102, 108)
•   Practice cost-effective health care and resource allocation that does not compromise quality of care. (104, 108)
•   Advocate for quality patient care and assist patients in dealing with system complexities. (104, 108, 111)
•   Know how to partner with health care managers and health care providers to assess, coordinate, and improve health care and know how these activities can affect system performance. (103)