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GME Educators Tackle ACGME Competencies
at THCI/UF Program

Approximately 70 program directors and GME faculty from 16 institutions in the Southeast U.S. recently attended a THCI faculty development workshop "Teaching and Evaluating Required Competencies in Systems-based Practice and Practice-based Learning and Improvement" to learn more about these new ACGME competencies.

The University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville hosted the one-day program, which included small-group and case-based learning. Using presentations, interactive breakout groups, and debriefing sessions, the workshop defined the aims and content and helped attendees implement strategies to train and assess new physicians in these competency areas.

Participants said they would engage in the following action steps as a result of the workshop:

  • Rewrite curricula to be competency-based
  • Initiate a faculty education process
  • Define relationships between assessment methods and competencies
  • Develop competency-based evaluation forms and processes
  • Institute a 360° evaluation and peer evaluation process
  • Establish portfolios for all residents
  • "There was great value to this program due to the quality of the material and the quality of the THCI faculty. The meeting was informative and very interactive, and encouraged open discussion and free exchange of ideas between presenters and participants." Walter Moore, MD, Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Medical College of Georgia