Curricular Materials and Educational Resources
Follow the links below to suggestions for teaching and assessing each of the six core competencies defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), along with examples of best practices. These will assist program directors and other educators in building and delivering a robust curriculum. Templates for curriculum development are provided as well.
GME education specialists are working to identify particularly useful resources for addressing specific “core” curricular topics—i.e. topics that are relevant across many GME programs, and possibly to CME and medical student education--so that they can be made easily available to program directors and other educators. As these become available, they will be included on this site.
Click on the links below for archived materials from Medical Education Grand Rounds and other topic-based educational resources.
Program directors and other educators are encouraged to forward information and recommendations about teaching tools or curricula that they feel would be helpful to others for potential inclusion on this site to the GME Director for your specialty.
The ACGME has written guidelines and program requirements related to curriculum content and evaluation processes. This link provides information on requirements, templates for writing curricula, and creating assessment tools.
Medical Education Grand Round Archives
The Partners Office of Graduate Medical Education has archived a number of previous Medical Education Grand Rounds materials, as a supplemental educational resource.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
The ACGME states: ‘residents must demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective exchange of information and collaboration with patients, their families, and health professionals.’
The ACGME states: ‘residents must demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological and social-behavioral sciences, as well as the application of this knowledge to patient care’ as dictated by the review committee.
The ACGME states: ‘residents must be able to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.’ Specific objectives are dictated by a specialty’s review committee.
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
The ACGME states: ‘residents must demonstrate the ability to investigate and evaluate their care of patients, to appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and to continuously improve patient care based on constant self-evaluation and life-long learning.’
The ACGME states: ‘residents must demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities and an adherence to ethical principles.’ A number of educational resources are available to educate trainees in aspects of professional behavior, including impairment and fatigue teaching modules.
The ACGME states: ‘residents must demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care, as well as the ability to call effectively on other resources in the system to provide optimal health care.’
GME Topics and Resources
