title: Proposed geriatric psychiatry core competencies for subspecialty training.
abstract: The authors present and discuss the theoretical and practical development of proposed core competencies for subspecialty training and certification in geriatric psychiatry as required by the Accreditation Council For Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Changes were derived from a concern that graduate medical education programs must do a better job of ensuring that residents completing their training are competent to practice medicine and adequately prepared to practice in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. Between July 2006 and June 2011, programs will be expected to focus on data-driven measures, both internal and national, for resident and education-program performance. After July 2011, programs will begin to focus on identifying and developing educational centers of excellence.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, c/o Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1 Canada. s.lieff@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lieff
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirwin
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Colenda
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003142:Communication; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D013038:Specialization; D013044:Specialty Boards; D014481:United States